Enlightened speech
Manjushri Retreat (2022) - Session 5
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022 
Jul 4, 2022 Part of a series of talks given during the Manjushri Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2022.
- Lama Yeshe’s commentary
- Visualizing Manjushri
- Mantra recitation
- Maintaining silence in retreat
- Transforming verbal and mental recitation
- The emptiness of Manjushri
- Controlling our ordinary speech
- Developing internal instead of external power
- Questions and answers
- Difference between reciting mantras and words
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.
