Compassion observing the unapprehendable
Manjushri Retreat (2022) - Session 12
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022 
Jul 7, 2022 Part of a series of talks given during the Manjushri Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2022.
- Overcoming the grasping mind
- Understanding dependent arising
- Seeing sentient beings as qualified by a lack of inherent existence
- Understanding how the grasping mind produces suffering
- Increasing compassion by seeing the lack of inherent existence
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.
