Refuge and the five lay precepts
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Amitabha 
May 7, 2017 Part of a series of talks given during a retreat on the meditation on Amitabha Buddha at North Kunsangar Buddhist retreat center in Russia. In English with Russian translation.
- Analogy of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha to doctor, medicine and nurses
- The benefits of keeping the five precepts
Refuge and the five lay 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.
