Transcripts
For those of you who prefer to read a text instead of listening to an audio file or watching a video, this page contains some transcripts of Jetsunma’s teachings and interviews which have been edited to be more readable.
Question & Answer Sessions organized by Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery
7th DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Definition of karma // Purification // The process of rebirth // The moment of death // What is reborn // Influencing our next life // Stories to help gain confidence in rebirth // The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
6th DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Hindsight // The ocean of teachers and teachings // Meeting Rinpoches // Asking the Buddha a question // Mixing with cultures // Gaining realisations // Goenka // Unbearable suffering // Illness // Nyam // Prayers // Practices for the deceased
5th DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Accepting samsara // The Buddha’s technique for Enlightenment // Practice after retirement // Developing compassion in isolation // Walking meditation // Divorce // Alcoholism // Guilt over bad thoughts // Work-practice balance
4th DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Monasticism outside monastries // Ngondro practice // Friends and family asking questions // Bochichitta // Great Compassion // Bodhisattva definition // The Bodhisattva Vow seeming too big // The Pali Canon // Generosity // Ultimate and Relative Bodhichitta // Developing Bodhichitta // Imagining all sentient beings
3rd DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Buddhist diet // Frustration in early practice // Astrology // Lack of results // People who trigger us // Slowing down // Loving awareness // Integration // Work environment // Off-the-cushion practice // Deep meditation // Equanimity // Caring for an old person // Exiting retreat // Right and wrong
2nd DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Full ordination // Expectation in practice // Abusive teachers // Buddha Nature, soul and atman // Patriarchy // Resistance to practice // Inner vs. outer change // Intuition and desire // Difficult people // Facing our demons // Culture // Animal cruelty // Seeking approval // Aspiring monastics
1st DGL Nunnery Q&A
Jetsunma answers questions on:
Morning routine // Worries // Practices for death // Interfering // Purification // Relationships // Finding a Teacher and Sangha // Ego in practice // Inspiration // Devotion // Hope // Suicide // Parenting // Physical image // Contentment // Taking vows