Karma and your life: Taking refuge and precepts
Part of a series of teachings given during the Karma and Your Life retreat given at the Poh Ming Tse Temple in Singapore. The retreat was organized by the the Buddhist Fellowship.
- What it means to take refuge and precepts
- The Three Jewels of refuge
- The refuge and precepts ceremony
- Guidelines to help keep and expand one’s sense of refuge
Karma and your life: Taking refuge and precepts (download)
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.