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 Freedom behind bars
Inspiring stories and reflections on the Prison Dharma Outreach program.
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Through the lens of non-violence
Why embracing non-violence is the key to peace in society.
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Is anger beneficial?
Questioning our assumptions about anger, it's causes and consequences.
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How we perceive the world
The second teaching on "Searching for the self" focused on chapter 6 of the text.
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The hindrance of desire
Explaining how to work with the restless body, concluding Chapter 6 and describing the five…
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What’s love got to do with it?
Exploring the true meaning of happiness and how generating love for others helps us to…
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Benefits on meditating on the Buddha
Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for…
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Karmic consequences of taking advantage of others
Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.
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Pernicious thoughts
Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.
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The importance of making offerings
How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.
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Karma and the mind’s namtok
Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.
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Overcoming spiritual obstacles
How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.
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