Pratimoksa precepts
08 Exploring Monastic Life 2022
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2022 
Jul 30, 2022 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2022.
- The pitfalls of labeling people as friend, enemy, or stranger
- The pratimoksha vows from The Essence of the Vinaya Ocean by Je Tsongkhapa
- The relationship between pratimoksha and the Vinaya
- Understanding a precept by the defilement it counteracts and its origin story
- Explanation of the precept body
- How some precepts vary in different traditions
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.
