Bodhicitta
A Noble Aspiration that Uplifts Your Mind and Makes Your Life Meaningful
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Teachings 
Jun 14, 2024 Venerable Thubten Chodron discusses techniques for generating bodhicitta for the 2024 Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit
- How bodhicitta makes our life meaningful
- 7-point cause and effect instruction
- Changing our perspective on others
- Developing heartwarming love and compassion
- The great resolve and bodhicitta
- Shantideva’s method for generating bodhicitta
- There’s no objective reason to put ourselves first
- Self-centered thought is the real enemy
- The benefits of cherishing others
- Our “rules of the universe”
- The taking and giving meditation
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.
