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 Basis of designation
How both faith and wisdom are needed to make progress on the path and how…
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The two truths: Questions and answers
A discussion on the two truths within the Buddhist four tenet systems.
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Rejoicing in the Tara retreat
Rejoicing in retreat and words of advice on taking what was learned during retreat into…
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What ignorance is
Recognizing what ignorance is and why it is important to identify the object of negation…
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How to greet a teacher and make offerings
Explaining the etiquette for greeting a Buddhist teacher. How to offer a kata or donation…
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Buddhist day of miracles
An explanation of what the Buddhist Day of Miracles is and how to observe it.
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Self-generation and emptiness
How to imagine emptiness during self-generation practice in the Tara sadhana.
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Receiving praise: The bodhisattva vows
The benefit of praising others and how to receive praise in accordance with the Bodhisattva…
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Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta
The difference between definitive and interpretable teachings and the method for negating a gross misconception…
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Mutual dependence in generosity
Examples of mutual dependency: in an act of generosity, the agent, action, object and recipient…
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Mutual dependence
Examining how things arise in mutual dependence on each other is another way of understanding…
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Deluded thinking and labeling
There are three criteria to use to judge whether something exists conventionally, i.e., whether it…
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