Compassion in our country
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Dharma in Action 
Mar 27, 2025 A talk for Morse College at Yale University.
- The importance of learning from different cultures
- Caste in India and in America
- The difference between Buddhism and theistic religions
- Compassion and holding people accountable
- The problem with “righteous anger”
- Attachment and other obstacles to happiness
- How to be “wisely selfish”
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.
