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 Verse 21-2: Seeing the buddha in others
Seeing sentient beings as buddhas, a way to control our negative mind but not taking…
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Verse 21-1: On meeting others
Seeing the buddha potential in others transforms how we feel about them.
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Refuge in the Three Jewels
What it means to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
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Verse 20-3: Creating the causes
A meditation practice of reasoning with the angry mind to drop the anger. Considering that…
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Verse 20-2: The lower realms
A description of the lower realms, and whether they are actual places or just states…
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Meditation on our precious human life
The benefits of meditating on the eight freedoms we have been given with our precious…
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Verse 20-1: Going downhill
The importance of preventing sentient beings, and ourselves, from being born in the lower realms.
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108 Verses: Verses 17-21
How, based on compassion, we can make wise decisions and enhance our trust in Dharma.
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Kevin Conlin - Oct 3, 2008
Kevin Conlin Lineage of mind training practices
Kevin Conlin discusses the "Eight Verses of Thought Transformation" and tonglen meditation
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108 Verses: Verses 15-17
How great compassion is the most importance quality of the Buddha that makes his teachings…
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Explanation of the Manjushri sadhana
An explanation of the Manjushri sadhana and resources for doing the retreat from afar.
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108 Verses: Verses 13-14
How fear and worry are based on self-centeredness and relying on compassion as antidotes to…
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