Rarity of a precious human life
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Seven-point Mind Training 
Oct 23, 2008 A series of commentaries on Mind Training Like Rays of the Sun by Nam-kha Pel, a disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa, given between September 2008 and July 2010.
- Rarity of a establishing the causes and conditions for obtaining a precious human life
- Beginning commentary on the value of meditating on death and impermanence and the disadvantages of not doing so
MTRS 08: Preliminaries—Precious human life (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.
