Determining spiritual experiences
Determining spiritual experiences
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022 
Jun 12, 2022 Part of a series of talks given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Buddhism for Young Adults program in the summer of 2022.
- Review of the first four precepts
- Discussing different forms of lying
- The fifth precept: Avoiding intoxicants
- How to determine that a spiritual experience is authentic
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.
