Dependent arising
03 Realizing the Profound View (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
- Teaching from chapter 8 of Realizing the Profound View
- Homage to Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Middle Way
- Eight characteristics of dependent arisings
- Threefold presentation of dependent arising
- Dependence on causes and conditions
- Dependence on parts
- Dependent designation by mere imputation
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.

