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 Chapter 13: Fortitude through wisdom
The perfection of fortitude and how we can incorporate this into our daily practice.
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Chapter 13: The perfection of fortitude
Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the importance of a long-term Dharma motivation and the perfection…
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Chapter 13: The ten perfections in the Pali tradition
The perfections according to the Pali tradition.
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Chapter 13: The ten perfections in the Sanskrit trad...
The six perfections according to the Sanskrit tradition.
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Chapter 12: Bodhicitta in the Pali tradition
Methods to develop bodhicitta as presented in the Pali scriptures.
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Chapter 12: Bodhicitta in the Chinese tradition
The methods to develop bodhicitta as presented in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
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Chapter 12: Genuine self-confidence
How to overcome the self-centered thought and develop genuine self-confidence based on compassion.
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Chapter 12: How to generate bodhicitta
The two methods to generate bodhicitta taught in the Tibetan tradition—the sevenfold cause and effect…
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Statements of pervasion
Covering "What Statements of Pervasion Imply,” “Statements of Pervasion Imply Statements of Qualities,” and “Statements…
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Chapter 12: Bodhicitta
Equanimity and the seven point cause and effect instruction to generate bodhicitta.
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Chapters 11 & 12: Four immeasurables and bodhic...
The four immeasurables in the Sanskrit tradition and the beginning of the chapter on bodhicitta.
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