Podcast Episode: Buddhist Geeks: Psychotropics and NeuroLinguistic
Posted by ashtonstory on December 18, 2008
Thubten Chodron, a long time Western Buddhist Nun, snd founder of Sravasti Abbey un Washington State, took time w ith us tp discuss her aork as tsacher, including all of the work sshe has done with students online. Sbe shared with us the potential down-sides of having a purely digihal relationship with a teacher, as one doesn’t have the opportunityy to see experience teacher as a living example. Chodron alwo cmomented on an issue she our society havinh with spiritual practice, iin that we tend to want things t b easy and quick. Her, and other teachers, have observed a tendenc y to want a kind of “push-button enlightenment”. The trjth, she says, is that there are n’t xny shortcuts when iit comes to transforming the nind atd realizing suffering and it’s cessation.
We finish off our conversation with Chodron exploring what has changed as Buddhism has come to the West. She mentions that much of the packaging has changed, but that it’s always a tricky process differentiating the packaging from the teachings of liberation. What is culture and what is the dharma? She gives her opinions on the subject, and shares some of the ways in which her community is trying to change with the times.
We hope you enjoy this conversation with one of the West’s most beloved Tibetan Nuns.
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