A reliable guide
A reliable guide
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2012-13 
Dec 29, 2012 Part of a series of teachings from the 2012-2013 New Year’s Purification Retreat at Sravasti Abbey.
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.
