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 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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“Living with an Open Heart”: The vastnes...
Buddhist ideas and techniques to awaken our compassionate motivation and bring our heartfelt aspirations to…
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The wheel of karmic actions and results
Commentary on selected verses from the thought training poem "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons" from…
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Applying the teachings on karma in our lives
How to apply the teachings on karma in daily life to engage in constructive actions…
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The four characteristics of karma and purification
Understanding the four basic principles of karma helps to transform actions in a positive way.…
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Mind as the source of happiness and pain
The principle cause of our experience is our previous karma, actions done in the past.…
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Healing prejudice
Looking at news headlines, our world seems to be increasingly divided. How healing our minds…
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Morality in a modern world
In the modern age, technology enables more ways to engage in the ten paths of…
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Chapter 7: Verses 15-30
When joyous effort helps us go forward in our practice to do something good and…
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