Taming the Monkey Mind

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Taming the Monkey Mind is for anyone who wishes to understand him or herself. Written in clear and simple English, this book explains the essence of the Buddhist view of life, and shows how to apply it in relationships with friends, family and colleagues. The author's open-minded approach makes this book suitable for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.

Born in 1950, Ven. Thubten Chodron (then Cherry Greene) grew up near Los Angeles. She graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. She studied and practiced Buddhism of the Tibetan tradition under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Zopa Rinpoche and other Tibetan masters for many years in India and Nepal. Ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977, she has taught Buddhist philosophy, psychology and meditation worldwide. She was resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for two years before becoming resident teacher at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. Ven. Chodron was a key organizer for the 1996 interdenominational conference of Western Buddhist nuns in Bodhgaya, India. Her books include Open Heart, Clear Mind(Snow Lion, Ithaca NY), Buddhism for Beginners(Snow Lion, NY), Working with Anger(Snow Lion), and Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun(North Atlantic Books, Berkeley CA). She is now working to found a Buddhist monastery in the USA: Sravasti Abbey at Liberation Park. Ven. Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha's teachings in our daily lives, and she is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easy to understood and practice.

I am very happy to know that Ven. Thubren Chodron has prepared her second book: Taming the Monkey Mind, specifically for Asian readers. In the course of living in many parts of Asia, where she had both studied and taught Buddhism, she has acquired a keen appreciation of the misunderstandings that sometimes arise about countries and traditions. Similarly, there is often confusion even in one country about the difference between Buddhist teachings and folk customs.
This book reflects a sincere attempt to help people over- come such misconceptions, showing how to find peace and contentment through a practical application of the teachings of the compassionate Buddha. Ven. Thubten Chodron has chosen a wide variety to situations that we all encounter in daily life and has explained how to deal with them from a Buddhist viewpoint, in words that are easy to understand. In so doing she has made a valuable contribution to peace and human understanding by providing her readers with the opportunity not only to understand a variety of approaches to Buddhist practice, but also to benefit from such practices in their own lives.