Modern day precepts
13 Exploring Monastic Life 2022
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2022 
Aug 6, 2022 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2022.
- Shiksamana precepts – abandoning six root and six secondary things
- Bhiksu/bhiksuni precepts – numbers differ according to lineage
- Levels of transgressions with examples
- The difficulties of conforming in modern times
- Precepts “missing” to address modern issues
- Who take which set of precepts (the basis)
- How to lose or give back the ordination
- Benefits of keeping precepts
- Abbey guidelines and its unique environment
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.
