The eight aspects of emptiness
12 The Heart Sutra
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wisdom 
Feb 5, 2025 A series of teachings based on Essence of the Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services
- How to use current events in our Dharma practice
- Why an object’s characteristics are not its ultimate nature
- Three perspectives for understanding emptiness
- Questions and answers
- How do we view emptiness in terms of cause and effect?
- Differences in translations of the Heart Sutra
- The emptiness of the 12 links of dependent arising
- How we relate to names and designations
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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.
