Origins of precepts and monastic ordination
02 Exploring Monastic Life 2024
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2024 
Jul 24, 2024 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2024.
- Comparing human minds and animal minds
- The faulty way we think we exist and how wisdom eradicates that ignorance
- The early monastic sangha and teachings of the Buddha
- Six naughty monks in the origin stories of the precepts
- Applying precepts to the modern world in different traditions and cultures
- Roles of women in ancient India and early Buddhist nuns
- Development of the rules of ordination
- Establishment of Varsa (the rains retreat) and early monasteries
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.
