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 Explanation of the Vajrasattva sadhana
Venerable Thubten Chodron comments on the Vajrasattva sadhana.
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Becoming Vajrasattva
The meaning of the Vajrasattva mantra and visualization, and a discussion about the meaning of…
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Why do we suffer?
Describing how ignorance is the root of our suffering and how purification helps us to…
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Great resolve and bodhicitta
The last two steps of the seven-point cause and effect instruction to generate bodhicitta.
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Reflections from Asian teaching tour
Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…
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Dharma in daily life: Questions and answers with Bud...
How to apply Dharma principles to daily life situations and decisions common to young people.
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Living in community as Dharma practice
A talk to Tibetan nuns about community living at Sravasti Abbey and how nuns can…
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What it means to be happy—a talk with young students
Real happiness doesn't come from external things but from developing inner qualities and making the…
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Integrating a good motivation into our practice and ...
How to cultivate a beneficial motivation for spiritual practice and life in general. Guided meditation…
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“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for th...
The teachings on karma show that we are in the process of creating our future…
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Similarities among Buddhist traditions
All Buddhist traditions have the same teacher. By learning about other traditions we can get…
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