Emptiness and dependent origination
09 The Heart Sutra
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wisdom 
Jan 22, 2025 A series of teachings based on Essence of the Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services
- Questions and answers
- A conventional and ultimate analysis of a thermos
- Analyzing our feelings without suppressing them
- Clarifying the refutation of the person on a conventional and ultimate level
- How the mental consciousness perceives appearances and how ignorance affects it
- Dependence for Prasangikas versus other schools
- Why understanding emptiness is a relief
- The importance of humility in Dharma practice
- Four ways of inherently existing
- Why reasoning is required for awakening
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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.
