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 Examining the mind
Does the mind have parts? Insight into the Buddhist theory of the mind and mental…
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Motivation and our dignity
Examining how to relate to institutions and authority in a clear, honest, and constructive way,…
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Motivation and karma
Setting the proper motivation is not just for meditation sessions but for activities between sessions…
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Blue Mitra - Dec 12, 2010
Blue Mitra On the backdrop of time
A student summarizes his Dharma insights in a poem on the Buddha's beginningless love.
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Life force and the four elements
Questions and answers regarding "life force" and the "four elements" in the Tara sadhana.
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Clinging to feelings
The feelings that compel us to cling to bad ethics and the view of the…
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Bodhicitta motivation
The bodhicitta motivation is crucial to our practice. Self-centered thinking limits us and holds us…
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What is retreat?
Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…
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Who is White Tara?
As an introduction to retreat, an explanation of who White Tara is and what she…
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Feelings dominate our reactivity
Dominated by reactivity to our feelings, we cling to desirable objects and cling to wrong…
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