Loving-Kindness: Seeing what we often miss
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Love and Self-esteem 
Mar 12, 2026 While in Singapore, Ven. Chodron was interviewed by Ven. Juewei from Nantien Institute for their MettāVerses podcast.
- What does loving-kindness mean to you?
- How do you think kindness can impact our community?
- I see kindness where I didn’t previously see kindness
- How do you encourage the community to cultivate kindness at Sravasti Abbey?
- The close enemy and the far enemy of loving-kindness
- What is your vision for a kinder future and how can we work towards it?
- How can we take action today to promote kindness in our own lives?
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.
