Ordination for women across traditions part 2
09 Exploring Monastic Life 2023
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2023 
Jul 12, 2023 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2023.
- To benefit our parents in future lives, think of them as babies
- Why or why not to choose the Mulasarvastivada – Tibetan Vinaya tradition
- About the Geshema Degree
- The existence of the Dharma in the future depends on what we do now
- If you’re Dharmaguptaka you can’t study Mulasarvastivada
- Reform in the West and in Tibetan culture
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.
