Review of challenges for western monastics
51 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps 
Apr 25, 2025 Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on the book Following in the Buddha's Footsteps, the fourth volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron.
- How Tibetan monasteries are set up and function
- Experience of different monastics living in monasteries
- Difficulties for the western monastics
- Lay people supporting monastic communities
51 Review of Challenges for Western Monastics (download)
Venerable Thubten Chonyi
Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.
