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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Keith Cherry - Apr 1, 2015
Keith Cherry The sneaky self-centered thought
Keith reflects on life and death, self and others.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 87: Protecting the Dharma jewel
How the Dharma teachings that we have heard, thought, and meditated on are the most…
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The bodhisattva precepts: Part 1
What it means to take and observe the bodhisattva vows. Explanation of the 18 root…
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Verse 86: Powerful ambrosia
Closing the gap between listening to teachings and putting them into practice.
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Chapter 16: Refuting remaining counter-arguments
Refuting the remaining misconceptions of inherent existence and emptiness, particularly the wrong view that emptiness…
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Verse 85: Precious and rare medicine
Why we should appreciate true and beneficial words that point out our faults instead of…
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Verse 84: Good role models
How to seek out good role models in our lives, and also how to receive…
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The protection of the aspiring bodhicitta precepts
How to cultivate the spirit of aspiring bodhicitta and maintain it without degeneration.
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Verse 83: Examining the self-centered mind
The importance of looking closely at the self-centered mind that destroys all our happiness.
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Chapter 15: Verses 369-375
Refuting inherent existence by examining the process of arising and that which is in the…
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Verse 81: The flying horse
Thinking deeply about whether we truly have a precious human life, and whether we are…
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Verse 80: Dwelling in sublime joy
How having a motivation to be of benefit to others enables us to have a…
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