Cultivation of Compassion
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Compassion 
Jun 8, 2024 Venerable Chodron was interviewed on the At Home and Abroad Harris and Walker podcast.
- Compassion is the key to happiness in this life and future lives
- Compassion is innate but needs to be cultivated
- Compassion and personal distress
- With compassion we can grow even in difficult times
- Resources to learn more about compassion
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.
