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 How do living beings exist?
A teaching on emptiness including an explanation of the prayer "Homage to Manjushri".
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Compassion observing the unapprehendable
A teaching on compassion observing the unapprehendable based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.
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Relating to the Buddha of wisdom
How to correctly view and relate to the deity and our spiritual mentor within tantric…
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Compassion observing phenomena
A teaching on compassion observing phenomena based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.
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Giving up our poor-quality view
Dismantling low self-esteem through Buddhist psychology and tantric techniques.
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Compassion observing sentient beings
Unpacking verse 3 of Chandrakirti’s "Homage to great compassion."
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Cutting through the mundane mind
Questions and answers on how visualization and mantra recitation support our spiritual practice.
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Three kinds of compassion
Commentary on verses 1 and 2 of Chandrakirti’s "Homage to Great Compassion."
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Great compassion and nondual awareness
The three causes of bodhisattvas and nuances of the realization of emptiness.
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The far-reaching attitude of equanimity
The importance of rejoicing in the success of others, and on the happiness gained from…
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The meaning of compassion
What compassion means, the three kinds of suffering that warrant compassion, and compassion’s connection to…
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