Creating identities
Creating identities
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Chenrezig Winter Retreat 2006-07 
Feb 15, 2007 Part of a series of teachings given during the December 2006 to March 2007 Chenrezig Winter Retreat at Sravasti Abbey.
- Viewing reality through filters or viewpoints
- Reputation
- Conceptions and functioning
- Perceptions and past conditioning
- Conception of the “I”
Chenrezig Retreat 13 (download)
[This teaching continues with a teaching on the text Essence of Refined Gold.]
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable 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. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
