How to listen to the Dharma
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Essential Spiritual Advice 
Mar 20, 2013 Part of a commentary on Essential Spiritual Advice, a text by the First Dalai Lama outlining the stages of the path to awakening.
- Three types of listening that are opposite of earnest listening of the Dharma
- Whose advice we should listen to
- Criteria for listening to advice
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.
