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This is the second session of a four-day course of teachings by Choepa Karma Wangchuk Lhamo on ‘The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to the Dharma’. 

The four thoughts or four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in a practitioner’s quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life. When successfully undertaken the four thoughts lay a firm foundation for spiritual growth. These four are: 1) cultivation of an appreciation for the potentials and the opportunities of human existence; 2) reflection on death and the impermanence of all things; 3) reflection on karma and the law of cause and effect; and 4) reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in the cycle of existence and the nature and causes of suffering. The teaching is given in Tibetan with translation in English.

Choepa Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine-year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.