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 feelings create dukkha
Becoming aware of how our lives revolve around feelings of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral helps…
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Antidotes to desire
Meditating on the body as a skeleton as an antidote to desire, and looking at…
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Joyfully swimming upstream
Monastics from different traditions discussed the significance of the Vinaya and its application in a…
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Chapter 5: Verses 34-54
Advice on developing mindfulness and introspective awareness by "remaining still like a piece of wood."
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Chapter 5: Verses 17-33
The disadvantages of not keeping introspective awareness in daily life.
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Living in harmony when things fall apart
Ways to respond constructively to environmental degradation instead of feeling helpless.
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a sadhana of the tradition - Sep 19, 2010
a sadhana of the tradition White Tara deity sadhana with guided meditation
White Tara sadhana with guided meditation and audio recordings of the mantras.
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Karma ripening
Considering the death penalty and the justice system after clemency for a man on death…
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Mindfulness of the body
The specific characteristics of the body, the benefits of meditating on the body, and how…
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