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 Kindness in times of disagreement
Recognizing our interdependence makes it easy to practice kindness in daily life.
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Practicing with your spiritual mentor’s passing
Advice on how to take a spiritual mentor's passing into our Dharma practice.
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A tribute to Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lessons from spiritual teachers and advice to students after a spiritual mentor’s passing.
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Enacting others’ welfare
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
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The importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
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Introduction to the taking and giving meditation
Overcoming self-centredness, a major obstacle to doing the taking and giving meditation.
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Contestable times
A conversation on the nature of time with a theoretical physicist, a philosopher, and a…
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Three levels of wisdom: Hearing, thinking, and medit...
The three wisdoms establish a foundation, refine understanding, and make the Dharma part of us.
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A bodhisattva’s humility
Commentary to verses on developing a bodhisattva’s joy and humility in pacifying others’ sufferings.
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