Online teaching resources
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Refuge in the Three Jewels 
Aug 14, 2018 
This compilation of teachings serves to guide the student interested in the meaning and benefits of taking refuge in the Three Jewels.
- The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience (video & audio)
Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience (Teachings 2014-15) - Teachings on the refuge ngondro practice (video, audio, transcripts)
Stages of the Path: Refuge Ngöndro (BBCorner 2009) - Teachings on refuge
- From Gomchen Lamrim teachings 2015 (video & audio)
The qualities of the Three Jewels
How to take refuge in the Three Jewels - From Green Tara retreat 2015 (video)
Introducing the text and author
Objects of refuge
Special attributes of the Three Jewels - From The Essence of a Human Life 2015 BBC Series (video, audio, transcripts)
Taking refuge in the Three Jewels
Causal and resultant refuge
The four fearlessnesses of the Buddha
More qualities of the Buddha
Emptiness and buddha nature
Qualities of the Dharma Jewel
Qualities of the Sangha Jewel - 2014 BBC talks on avoiding negative karma with the Three Jewels
Karma and the Three Jewels
Avoiding negative karma with the Sangha
Q&A on handling Sangha property
Avoiding negative karma with the Dharma
Handling the Dharma with care
Teaching the Dharma with the right motivation
Avoiding negative karma with the Buddha - From Stages of the Path 2009-2010 BBC Series (video)
Stages of the Path: Initial Scope: Refuge - From Essence of Refined Gold teachings 2007 (audio & transcripts)
The meaning of refuge
Understanding the Three Jewels - From lamrim teachings 1991-1992 given at Dharma Friendship Foundation (DFF) (audio & transcripts)
Objects of refuge
Qualities of a Buddha
A Buddha’s body and speech
Qualities of a Buddha’s mind
Qualities of the Three Jewels
Spiritual practice transforms us
Benefits of having taken refuge
The practice of refuge
Activities after taking refuge - Stand-alone talks on refuge
Video teachings on refuge: Refuge
2007 audio and transcript of refuge and precepts ceremony: Refuge and precepts ceremony
2006 audio on taking refuge: Taking refuge
2003 audio on understanding refuge: Understanding refuge
2001 short Q&A on taking refuge: Taking refuge and the five precepts: A question-and-answer session
1995 audio and transcript on purification and refuge: Purifying for refuge practice - Text resources
Refuge resource book
Anguttara Nikaya 8.39: Streams of Merit
Samyutta Nikaya 3.4: Being kind to oneself
- From Gomchen Lamrim teachings 2015 (video & audio)
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.
