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 Overcoming the eight worldly concerns
Though it is difficult to acknowledge our problems with the eight worldly concerns, when we…
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Building a strong foundation in the Dharma
Understanding the three principal aspects of the path will provide a solid foundation in the…
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Chapter 10: Progressing on the path
Purification through the practice of ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom.
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“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for ha...
Looking at our experience from the viewpoint of karma leads us to act in ways…
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Chapter 9: The union of serenity and insight
How emptiness and dependent arising are compatible.
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Chapter 8: Levels of dependence
The levels of dependence as outlined in the Sanskrit tradition.
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Chapter 8: Twelve links of dependent arising
Teaching on the twelve links of dependent arising and the benefits of meditating on this.
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Chapter 8: Dependent arising
The twelve links of dependent arising according to the Pali Tradition.
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Meditation on working with disturbing emotions
Venerable Thubten Chodron helps us to develop an expansive mind to put the present election…
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Chapter 7: Emptiness and selflessness
Review of the four extremes of arising and teaching on the historical development of ideas…
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Chapter 7: The four extremes of arising
Getting us to question whether a thing arises from itself, other, self and other, or…
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