Question and answer session with nuns in Indonesia
Question and answer session with nuns in Indonesia
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Living in Community 
May 13, 2012 A question and answer session conducted with nuns in Parakan, Indonesia. In English with Bahasa Indonesia translation.
- Giving and receiving advice in the monastic community
- Dharma programs for children
- How do you deal with so many personalities in the Abbey community?
- Practicing the Dharma during hardships makes one stronger
- Relating to the spiritual teacher and working with your mind
- Gender inequality in the monastic community
- The antidotes to anger and laziness
Question and answer session with nuns in Indonesia (download)
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.
