Our identity crisis
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023 
Jun 10, 2023 Part of a series of talks given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Young Adults Explore Buddhism program in the summer of 2023.
- Media’s distorted messages on aging and creating one-dimensional identities
- Questions to explore how social media is affecting your identity and life experience
- Ven. Chodron shares her own identities and experience
- Being open to hearing new ideas and investigating conventional identities
- Exploring different views, expectations, beliefs and different cultures
- The Dalai Lama’s approach and response to people of different faith traditions
- How Ven. Chodron responded to people of different cultures, traditions and norms
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.
