What if the Buddha were a lay woman?
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Living in Community 
Oct 11, 2023 A question and answer session with students from the Dharma College at the Tibetan Buddhist Center in Hamburg, Germany.
- Personal questions
- Expectations before ordination and at present
- How to deal with big challenges
- A teacher’s view of students
- Monastic life
- Artificial intelligence and ethics
- Dharma in daily life
- Overcoming the self-centered attitude
- What to do in our daily practice
- Practicing teachings on the grounds and paths
- Culture and practice in Tibetan Buddhism
- Live Q&A
- Gender equality at Sravasti Abbey
- How to lead guided meditations
Watch the previous Q&A video with Hamburg Dharma College here:
Buddhist practice and community life
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.
