What’s love got to do with it?
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Love and Self-esteem 
Jun 4, 2025 Part of the Vibe with Venerables series for Buddhism.net
- Questions that arise in relation to the topic of love
- What is happiness and its causes?
- Prerequisites for generating love
- What’s the difference between love and attachment?
- Why do we have to love all sentient beings?
- The worldly definition of happiness
- The Dharma definition of happiness and its causes
- Overcoming the view that our own happiness is most important
- Questions and answers
- How to become a bodhisattva
- Practicing generosity as the entire path
- Leading sentient beings to take refuge
- The relationship between love and compassion
- Countering the view that we should care for ourselves first
- How to resist fascism while still being loving and joyful
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.
