The Vimalakirti Sutra: How to be reborn in a pure land
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wisdom 
Nov 29, 2016 Part two of four talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra given at the Vimalakirti Buddhist Centre in Singapore in 2016 and 2017.
- The qualities of pure lands
- The qualities we need to cultivate to be born in a Buddha’s pure land
- Vimalakirti devises a plan to teach by appearing sick
- Vimalakirti’s teaching on impermanence and death
- Buddha asks his foremost disciples to visit the ailing Vimalakirti
The Vimalakirti Sutra part 2: How to be reborn in a pure land (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.
