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 
Courageous compassion
Compassion includes the courage to stay when things get tough and deal with discomfort that…
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Luis - Apr 7, 2018
Luis Fire and ice
Our lives, beset by chaos, can still give form to love. A student considers the…
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Venerable Thubten Pende
- Apr 7, 2018
Becoming a bhikshuni
Venerable Thubten Pende shares her experiences of receiving ordination in Taiwan.
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The first nonvirtue of speech: Lying (part 1)
The Buddha pointed out four types of speech that we should avoid, the first of…
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The correct view
Continuation of the commentary on verses from Je Rinpoche's "Three Principle Aspects of the Path,"…
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Venerable Losang Donyo
- Apr 5, 2018
The benefits of the study of Dudra
An introduction to Dudra, a branch of Buddhist philosophy.
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Divisions of the selfless
Teaching on the divisions of the selfless, after a lively discussion about syllogisms created by…
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Divisions of the selfless
The division of all phenomena according to the Sautrantika tenet school.
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Sorrow and Hope
A prayer to Kuan Yin, a female manifestation of the Buddha of Compassion, in light…
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Dependent arising
Sharing a newly written prayer to Kwan Yin and teaching on the relationship between emptiness…
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