The importance of monastic training
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Becoming a Monastic 
Dec 11, 2014 This talk was given at the Buddhist College of Singapore Nuns' Campus to a group thinking of becoming Buddhist nuns. The introduction was given by Venerable Faxun, the head of the Buddhist College Singapore Nuns' Campus.
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.
