“Connected Discourses with Kassapa”
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2012 
Aug 22, 2012 A talk given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2012.
- Radical reformatting of self
- Connected Discourses with Kassapa
- Relating to laypeople: Family, friends
- Teaching the Dharma: Pure and impure
- Questions and answers
- Accepting money
- Supported by donation
- Aging parents
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.
