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 Four possibilities
Continuing Chapter Four by engaging the audience in identifying the 'four possibilities' when comparing different…
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Balance in body, speech, and mind
A review of the five hindrances and sharing of Master Zhiyi's advice on cultivating balance…
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Overcoming hindrances to concentration
How to work with the hindrances of lethargy and sleepiness, agitation and remorse, and deluded…
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Getting unstuck from attachment and anger
How to work with sensual desire and malice that are hindrances to cultivating concentration.
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Criteria for developing serenity
Teachings from a text by Chinese Master Zhiyi on the levels of conditions we need…
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The prerequisites for concentration
An overview of the causes and conditions we need to cultivate as the foundation for…
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More on the ten paths of nonvirtue today
Continuation on the ten paths of non-virtue as they relate to our modern age, focusing…
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The comparison of phenomena
Beginning chapter four by teaching on how to use logic and reasoning to understand how…
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When things fall apart it’s time to practice
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares more on what to do when a teacher has abused his…
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What it means to see the guru as the Buddha
More about why we can get confused with Tantra teachings and teachers and loose faith.
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Confusion within tantra
Continuing to share about teachers who use their power inappropriately and why that could happen.
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How to tell if a Buddhist teacher has the right qual...
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to some distressed students who were following a teacher who abused…
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