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 Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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Cultivating the wasteland
At this year’s Triple Platform Ordination at Taiping Foen Temple in Taichung, there was an…
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Final and provisional refuges
Describing the difference between the Three Jewels and the objects of refuge, both final and…
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Eight excellent qualities of sangha jewel
Explaining the eight qualities of sangha jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter…
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Cultivation of Compassion
How compassion gets us going in the right direction in our life.
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Eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
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The eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the context for understanding the eight qualities of the dharma jewel, teaching from Chapter…
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Compassion for a happier mind for Turkey
How caring for others improves our own and others’ lives. A talk given for the…
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Eight excellent qualities of the buddha jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the Buddha Jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
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Staying calm in the face of challenges
Using compassion to face inner and outer challenges.
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Three jewels according to the perfection vehicle
Describing the qualities of the three jewels based on the perfection vehicle, teaching from Chapter…
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