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 Objects of meditation: Pali tradition
Teaching on the objects used for stabilizing meditation according to the Pali Tradition.
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Statements of qualities
Teaching on Chapter Five, breaking down what is meant by 'statements of qualities'.
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Objects of meditation
A continuation of the teaching on the perfection of meditative stabilization, describing different objects on…
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Amitabha practice: Pure land rebirth
What it’s like to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land, Sukhavati.
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Amitabha practice across traditions
Background on the bodhisattva Amitabha, rebirth in his pure land, and Amitabha practices across Buddhist…
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Meditative stability
Teaching on the conditions and objects of focus for engaging in the far-reaching practice of…
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Amitabha practice: The four immeasurables
How to generate the four immeasurables as part of the Amitabha practice.
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Amitabha practice: Refuge and bodhicitta
Explanation of the Amitabha practice, beginning with taking refuge, in preparation for the Abbey's upcoming…
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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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