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.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Cultivating inner peace
How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.
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Anger, imputations and assumptions
We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.
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Anger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
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Contemplating the faults of anger
Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.
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Anger and attachment are equally unhelpful
How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.
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Jean Risman - Apr 4, 2025
Jean Risman Dharma medicine for these times
Cultivating compassion in politically turbulent times.
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Suffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
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Caught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
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Renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
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Compassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
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Buddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
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Compassion in the workplace
How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.
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