Nirvana
13 The Heart Sutra
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wisdom 
Feb 11, 2025 A series of teachings based on Essence of the Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services
- How the Heart Sutra illustrates the bodhisattva path
- The purpose of studying the 12 links of dependent arising
- Negating the ultimate existence of ignorance and wisdom
- Different interpretations of nirvana
- The emptiness of a purified versus an afflicted mind
- Questions and answers
- Two kinds of buddha nature
- How focal objects are apprehended
- How wisdom overcomes ignorance
- The difference between seeds and latencies
- Personal liberation versus the final awakening of a buddha
The next teaching in this series:
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.
