Monastic life
Exploration of precepts and values of the sangha
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2005 
Aug 9, 2005 A talk given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2005.
- Living in the precepts, four noble truths, three higher trainings
- The Pratimoksha vows:
- getting our life together
- “stop being a jerk”
- Exploring Monastic Life program
- Re-evaluating our values: we are not happy
- Ordination:
- being a white crow
- swimming upstream
- Questions and answers
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.
