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Refuge Ngondro Retreat instructions

Refuge Ngondro Retreat instructions

Part of a series of talks given during the Refuge Ngondro Winter Retreat in 2016.

  • About the refuge ngondro practice
  • Tips on how to work with the mind during the month-long retreat

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.