Faith-based applications to gun violence prevention
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Healing from Gun Violence 
May 3, 2020 Team ENOUGH, March for Our Lives DC, and the Youth Lobbying Collective invited Venerable Chodron and Pastor Michael McBride to share the Buddhist and Christian approaches to gun violence prevention on a webinar discussion.
- How is gun violence a religious issue?
- How does gun violence impact the Buddhist/Christian community?
- Are there values in the scriptures that promote nonviolence?
- What are practical applications from the teachings to prevent gun violence?
- How can religion be used as a basis for promoting nonviolence?
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.
