Taming the Monkey Mind [Paperback]

Thubten Chodron (Author), Dalai Lama (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Heian International (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893468932
• ISBN-13: 978-0893468934
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thubten Chodron is an American Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. A student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan masters, she became a nun in 1977. She has been resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore and at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. Active in interfaith dialogue, she also does Dharma outreach in prisons and teaches the Dharma worldwide. She is abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in eastern Washington State. She is the author of several books, including Open Heart, Clear Mind; Buddhism for Beginners; Taming the Mind; Working with Anger; and How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator. Ven. Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha's teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners.

"Venerable Thubten Chodron is someone whose life embodies the virtues of kindness, simplicity and clarity of vision, which lie at the heart of the Buddha's teaching. It is these perrenial qualities that shine through her writings and touch the hearts of many readers all over the world."--Thupten Jinpa, author and translator for the Dalai Lama

Working with Anger by Thubten Chodron has been chosen for a Spirituality and Health Award as one of "The Best Spiritual Books of 2001." Spirituality and Health is a quarterly print magazine covering the people, the practices, and the ideas of today's spiritual renaissance. Their website is http://www.spiritualityhealth.com.

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12 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thubten Chodron--my kind of teacher, June 4, 2001

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Sean Hoade (Las Vegas, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taming the Monkey Mind (Paperback)

....Great advice from a great, warm teacher--I wish I could meet her in person, I would beg to become her student!

But this book is the next best thing. As with all of her books, it's no-nonsense yet a great pleasure to read. It has helped me immeasurably with taming my monkey mind.