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Sharing the Dharma in Australia

Sharing the Dharma in Australia

  • The diversity of presenters at the conference in Sydney Australia
  • Venerable Chodron’s opportunities to contribute to the conference
  • Meeting with Theravada groups, monasteries, and temples after the conference concluded

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.

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