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 The precepts of mind training
How we tend to view others as objects or commodities for our own happiness rather…
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How to see Tara
It is incorrect to project human qualities on Tara or see her as a theistic…
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Seasons change
The seasons change, a vivid example of impermanence. Calling a day the first day of…
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Lamrim meditation in Tara sadhana
Tara gives us inspiration while we're meditating during the sadhana. She is a representation of…
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Tara as resultant refuge
It's encouraging to think of Tara as the Buddha that we are going to become.
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Tara’s qualities
One way we can think of Tara is as the physical manifestation of a Buddha's…
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The maxims of mind training
How the maxims can be used to transform mental states that contradict the mind training…
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How to relate to the deity
How do we relate to Tara? We may find it inspiring to view Tara as…
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Motivation for the retreat
Generating the proper motivation for doing retreat and examining ways to work with the mind,…
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Living within the five precepts
It is important to keep good ethical conduct while in retreat. Living according to the…
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What it means to do retreat
We have to understand what retreat means. We are retreating from dukkha, from suffering, not…
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Practicing in a group retreat
The benefit to doing group retreat is the feeling of being part of a community…
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