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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Chapter 12: Bodhicitta in the Pali tradition
Methods to develop bodhicitta as presented in the Pali scriptures.
View PostChapter 12: Bodhicitta in the Chinese tradition
The methods to develop bodhicitta as presented in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
View PostChapter 12: Genuine self-confidence
How to overcome the self-centered thought and develop genuine self-confidence based on compassion.
View PostChapter 12: How to generate bodhicitta
The two methods to generate bodhicitta taught in the Tibetan tradition—the sevenfold cause and effect…
View PostStatements of pervasion
Covering "What Statements of Pervasion Imply,” “Statements of Pervasion Imply Statements of Qualities,” and “Statements…
View PostChapter 12: Bodhicitta
Equanimity and the seven point cause and effect instruction to generate bodhicitta.
View PostChapters 11 & 12: Four immeasurables and bodhic...
The four immeasurables in the Sanskrit tradition and the beginning of the chapter on bodhicitta.
View PostFinally freeing myself from being a prisoner of love
A student of Venerable Chodron's writes about the futility of attachment to others in our…
View PostChapter 11: Immeasurable love
A detailed teaching on how to cultivate a vast mind of love for all sentient…
View PostChapters 1-10: Review
Venerable Thubten Chodron begins the third installment of the course by reviewing the first ten…
View PostEnsuring our connection with the teachings and teacher
The last three limbs of the seven-limb practice in the context of the Amitabha Buddha…
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