Does the world exist objectively?
01 Realizing the Profound View (2025)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Volume 8 Realizing the Profound View 
Aug 16, 2025 A series of teachings on Volume 8 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion : Realizing the Profound View hosted by the Vajrayana Institute in Sydney, Australia
- Definition of objective existence
- How ignorance, afflictions and karma function
- Refuting the two extremes of Absolutism and Nihilism
- Reading from chapter 7 of volume 8, Realizing the Profound View
- Vastness of dependent arising
- Commentary on quote from the Path of Purification by Buddhaghosa
- How the world and self appear independent of causes and conditions to us
- Refuting a creator god
- Returning to Path of Purification: dependent arising of cause and result
- Fighting over dependent designations
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.
