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 Anger and forgiveness
A review of how the angry mind works and how our self-centeredness prevents us from…
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Working with difficult situations
The fortitude of being indifferent to harm. Verses 35-51 of Chapter 6 of Shantideva's "Engaging…
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Meditation on the Buddha in Spanish
Introduction Introduction in Spanish (download) Meditation on the Buddha Meditation on the Buddha in Spanish…
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Understanding anger
The fortitude of practicing the Dharma. Verses 22-34 of Chapter 6 of Shantideva's "Engaging in…
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Antidotes to anger
How to use our understanding of karma to work with the angry mind. Verses 16-21…
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Determining to practice patience
The objects of anger and ways to work with our angry mind. Verses 8-15 of…
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Working with anger, developing fortitude
Defining anger and its disadvantages. Commentary on Verses 1-7 of Shantideva's "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…
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Living with loss
Change is the reality of our existence but we are shocked when it happens. Examining…
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Understanding Buddhist traditions
Looking at the similarities and differences between traditions eliminates misconceptions and allows us to learn…
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Cultivating compassion
How Venerable Thubten Chodron came to choose the Buddhist path, and the reasons for cultivating…
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Compassion in action
A talk given at Jewel Heart Center Chicago, which has just started a new hospital…
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Verse 92: The basis of good and evil
How our state of mind and motivation, not external circumstances, determine whether our actions are…
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