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 Five forces at time of death
What happens after we die and looking at our attachment to the body, starting to…
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Death and peace of mind
A short explanation of the Amitabha Buddha practice followed by suggestions on dealing with our…
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Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha chant
Explanation and recording of the homage and bowing to the Buddha done at Sravasti Abbey.
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Death meditation
The nine-point death meditation and the importance of practicing the Dharma now as a means…
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Contemplating death
Ignoring the reality of death is often the norm, but there are benefits to contemplating…
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The self and the aggregates
Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.
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Hindrances to concentration: Desire and ill will
The first two of the five hindrances to concentration. How sensual desire and malice/ill will…
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Concentration, jhanas, and samadhi
The importance of suppressing the five hindrances in order to attain the jhanas.
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Multi-tradition ordination (long version)
Detailed research establishing a precedent in Tibet where ordination was given together by monks from…
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Ajahn Sumedho - May 17, 2010
Ajahn Sumedho The five points
Taken from "Where We Are Now," a letter by Elders' Council of the Forest Sangha,…
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Llundup Damcho
- May 17, 2010
“I will do it”
The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa steps up to address the issue of bhikshuni full ordination in…
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Janet Gyatso
- May 17, 2010
That was then, this is now
Why the eight heavy rules on the ordination of women need to be changed.
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