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 How things appear and how they exist
The way things appear to us is not the way they exist. To attain liberation…
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The results of virtue and nonvirtue
In order to create the causes for upper rebirth and awakening it's important to discern…
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The advantages of living ethically
Ethical conduct is primary cause of higher rebirth. Developing ethical conduct involves abandoning thirteen activities…
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The causes and effects of higher rebirth
A series of good rebirths that allow Dharma practice is necessary to attain awakening. Nagarjuna…
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Was the Buddha an activist?
A commentary on verses from “Precious Garland” describes how a government based on Dharma principles…
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Building sangha and community
How our individual practice relates to different levels of spiritual community.
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Purification: What it is, why we need it and how to ...
What purification practice is, why it's important and how to use the four opponent powers…
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Vajrasattva practice: The powers of remedial action ...
The third and fourth of the four opponent powers, remedial action and the determination not…
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Vajrasattva practice: The power of regret
The second of the four opponent powers, regret, and how it is essential to purification…
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Vajrasattva practice: Overview and the power of reli...
What it means to purify nonvirtue and why it's important. Overview of the Vajrasattva practice.…
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“Good Karma”: How our actions bring abou...
How the teachings on karma and its effects will enable us to take responsibility for…
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