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 Push and pull of emotional life
An Interview with Venerable Thubten Chodron and Travis Newbill from the Science of Meditation free…
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Seeing all sentient beings as having been our kind m...
The first three points of the seven-point cause-and-effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Proving rebirth through…
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The best giving
How to work with our possessiveness towards what we consider to be "mine."
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Chapter 5: Verses 405-412
Continued commentary on the auxiliary mental afflictions to be abandoned, focusing on the seven types…
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Finding hope after a loved one’s suicide
A moving letter and poem from an incarcerated person grieving his cousin's suicide.
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Equanimity—freedom from bias
The categories of friend, enemy and stranger come from our own mind. How to reflect…
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Chapter 5: Verses 401-405
By identifying the mental afflictions and how they harm others and ourselves we will be…
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Craving and clinging at the time of death
Craving and clinging in the 12 links of dependent origination and how they arise at…
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The four types of clinging
A look at the objects we can get attached too, especially our wrong views.
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The three types of attachment
The types of attachment that arise and how to work with them.
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The causes of bodhicitta
The causes to create in order to develop bodhicitta, the altruistic intention. The importance of…
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The best sign of higher attainment
Why the best sign of higher attainment is not mystical and magical, but the reduction…
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