Practical ethics: Part 1
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland 
Oct 20, 2018 This commentary on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland was offered at Centilia Cultural Center in Seattle on October 20, 2018.
- Reading excerpts from Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness: A Commentary on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland, by Khensur Jampa Tegchok and edited by Thubten Chodron, and providing commentary.
- Qualities of a good leader
- Four means of attracting others
- Causes of higher rebirth, such as practicing ethical conduct and abandoning ten non-virtues
- Cause and effect of highest good (liberation and full awakening)
- Speaking truthfully entails both factual accuracy and benefit to someone.
- Moral: Tell the truth; do not tell lies, even small white lies.
- Questions and answers
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.
