Being realistic and compassionate
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2015 
Oct 6, 2015 Part of a series of teachings given during the Green Tara Retreat in 2015. During this retreat Venerable Thubten Chodron taught from the text Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta by Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen.
- Having realistic expectations of sentient beings in samsara
- Generating compassion for sentient beings under the influence of afflictions and karma
- How compassion protects our mind and benefits us
- Generating true compassion for ourselves and others
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.
