Precepts: directing our energy positively
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Taming the Mind 
Dec 6, 2009 Part of a series of talks based on Taming the Mind given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day from March 2009 to December 2011.
- The meaning and benefit of taking precepts
- Different levels of vows for lay practitioners and monastics
- Individual liberation vows, Bodhisattva vows, and tantric vows
Taming the Mind 10: Precepts: directing our energy positively (download)
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.
