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 Compassion and the determination to be free
Completing Chapter 9, describing how to think about the four truths in terms of three…
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Making effort, joyfully
Commentary to verses 68-76 of Chapter 7, "Enthusiasm". How to use conscientiousness and introspection as…
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Good Karma: Offering our help to all beings
Doing the taking and giving meditation to purify past actions.
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Good Karma: Dealing with betrayal of trust
How to work with attachment and respond to harm from others with compassion.
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Good Karma: We are not inherently selfish
Purifying the harm we have done to others directly and to ourselves indirectly.
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Good Karma: Embracing hardship for others’ sake
Transforming hardship into the path to awakening.
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Good Karma: Solving problems at their root
How we can get the specific results that we want by creating the right causes.
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Finding true happiness
Continuing teaching from Chapter 9, describing the way to investigate the source of true happiness…
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Joy and rest as supports for joyous effort
How to generate the strong intention to apply antidotes to the afflictions, and engage in…
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Apologizing and forgiving
How to engage in apologizing and forgiving as part of the practice of compassion.
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The mind’s potential and the existence of the ...
The mind, its qualities, and connection to the Three Jewels in the context of refuge.
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Benefits of meditating on the the 12 links
Commencing the teaching from Chapter 9 and describing the benefits of meditating on the 12…
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