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 Chapter 2: Verses 101-108
Why the Buddha explained selflessness in different ways to different audiences and why he did…
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Chapter 3: The Pali view of the noble eightfold path
Ethical trainings, mindfulness, and the three higher trainings.
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Chapter 3: Sanskrit view of the noble eightfold path
The noble eightfold path according to the Sanskrit tradition.
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Chapter 3: Stages of the noble eightfold path
The noble eightfold path according to the Pali tradition.
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Chapter 3: True suffering and its attributes
More on the sixteen attributes of the four truths of the aryas.
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Chapter 2: Monastic stages of refuge
The three higher knowledges (Pali tradition), and the sixteen attributes of the four truths of…
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Chapter 2: The stages of buddhahood
An explanation of awakening, parinirvana, and omniscience, how the Buddha inspires, and touching on Nagarjuna…
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Chapter 2: Refuge In the Pali tradition
More on the Three Jewels according to the Pali tradition, followed by a description of…
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Chapter 2: Qualities of refuge and The Three Jewels
The Three Jewels according to the Pali tradition, as well as the qualities of the…
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Chapter 2: The Tathagata’s ten powers and six unshar...
More on the historical relationships between scriptures, and an overview of the Tathagata's qualities.
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Nine-point meditation on death
Contemplating death helps us make our life more meaningful, motivates us to practice the Dharma…
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Chapter 2: Refuge in and proof of the existence of t...
The demarkation of becoming a Buddhist, taking refuge and what that means. How buddha's liberate,…
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