Who can receive teachings on emptiness?
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Volume 7 Searching for the Self 
Apr 19, 2023 Part of a series of online teachings based on the book Searching for the Self, the seventh volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron. The talks were hosted by Jewel Heart Tibetan Buddhist Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Who is a suitable vessel to receive teachings on emptiness (pp. 16–19)
- The dangers of teaching emptiness to those who are unprepared
- The qualities of suitable disciples
- Using syllogisms to understand emptiness
- Qualities laid out in Maitreya’s Ornament of Clear Realizations
- Debate: Who or what goes from one life to the next?
- The relationship between emptiness, dependent arising, and the method side of the path
Who can receive teachings on emptiness? (download)
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.
