The benefits of precepts
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2008 
Aug 20, 2008 A talk given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2008.
- Freedom from unsatisfactory conditions through the three higher trainings
- Relationship between precepts and ethical conduct
- Lay versus monastic precepts
- Benefits of monastic and community life
- Difficulties of being ordained while living in a non-monastic environment
- 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.
