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 
Mindfulness of breathing
Concluding an overview of mindfulness of the body and explaining the first meditation object for…
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Mindfulness of the body
Reviewing the four mindfulnesses in general, and then explaining the section on mindfulness of the…
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Shared and specific characteristics
Covering a general description of the four establishments of mindfulness, and also the shared and…
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Ten questions for Venerable Thubten Chodron
A series of questions on Buddhism, making our practice meaningful, and living the Dharma.
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The four establishments of mindfulness
Beginning Chapter 12 on the four establishments of mindfulness: mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, and…
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Overcoming our rules of the universe
Examining our "rules of the universe" and how we create the causes for suffering.
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Overcoming the internal enemies
How to overcome polluted karma, hinderances and false conception.
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The enemy of self-grasping and self-centeredness
How we can identify and work with self-grasping and self-centeredness.
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Seize the enemy!
Giving our suffering to the self-centered thought and calling upon Yamantaka.
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Renouncing worldly life
Why renunciation is crucial and how to identify self-grasping and self-centeredness.
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