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 Dependent arising and bodhicitta
Attaining awakening depends on bodhicitta, therefore we are dependent on all sentient beings in order…
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Perfection of concentration
On the basis of ethical conduct, training to abandon the hindrances and as a result…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
Developing bodhicitta by considering the kindness of all sentient beings, becoming aware of how interdependent…
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Deciding to become a monastic
What does being useful really mean? What are your spiritual aspirations? Coming to the decision…
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Contentment
Dissatisfaction is painful so we train our mind to be happy with what we have,…
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The Vajrayana path
Concluding the series with an explanation on the four ways to benefit trainees, the combination…
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Dependent arising and compassion, continued
How to develop compassion by seeing all sentient beings as our kind mothers.
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Mindfulness and checking awareness
Going through the day feeling confident we have good ethical conduct and bearing no guilt…
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Avoiding the extreme of nihilism
The danger in misunderstanding emptiness and thinking that getting rid of the labels means we…
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Livelihood for monastics
Avoiding activities that are naturally negative and activities that will take you away from your…
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Emptiness of causes and their effects
Actions we view as solid events actually exist by being merely labeled on a series…
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The life of the Buddha
The life of the Buddha in terms of the direction we can go in mind…
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