Seeing things clearly
05 Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Three Principal Aspects of the Path 
Mar 30, 2025 A series of teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path for Shantideva Center in New York
- How to understand deities like Tara
- The purpose of meditating on the correct view
- Who is the “I” that appears to inherently exist?
- Is there a permanent essence at the core of everything?
- How the labels “my” and “mine” change things
- Conventional versus ultimate existence
- Investigating “objective reality” and differing perspectives
Part 4 of these teachings:
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.
