Gaining the correct view
02 Realizing the Profound View (2025)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Volume 8 Realizing the Profound View 
Sep 13, 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
- Review of the two extremes
- Reading from page 240 of volume 8 Realizing the Profound View
- The difference between ultimate and conventional analysis
- Searching for the “I” who is criticized or praised
- Refuting the idea that emptiness is ineffable
- The difference between what wisdom and ignorance perceives
- Refuting the misconception that emptiness is inherently existent and nirvana is truly existent
- How conventional reliable cognition is possible
- How nirvana is a dependent phenomenon
- Understanding what emptiness is through critical analysis
- Analyzing the essence of a pumpkin seed
- Avoiding reifying and clinging to emptiness
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.
