Chapter 3: Stages of the noble eightfold path
11 Course 1: Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions 
Nov 9, 2015 Part of a series of two-week courses given at Sravasti Abbey based on the book Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron.
- True origins
- Craving and karma
- True cessations
- Naroda
- Nirvana
- True paths
- Noble eightfold path in the Pali tradition
- Wisdom
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.
