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 Three kinds of ethical conduct
Three kinds of ethical conduct and eleven groups of people to benefit when we can.
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We have the power to change
By taking responsibility for our ethical conduct, we can transform our lives and benefit others.
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Letting go of worldly concerns
How to overcome grasping at worldly concerns to find true happiness.
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Repaying the kindness of others
The limitations of personal liberation and the happiness of working for the benefit of others.
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Samsara is not a vacation
Seeing the kindness of others motivates us to work towards liberation for their benefit.
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Keeping a long-term perspective
It's critical that we keep a long-term motivation instead of the happiness of this life…
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Tweaking samsara is not enough
Four distorted ways of thinking that prevent us from seeking lasting happiness.
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Buddhist wisdom for managing our emotions
How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.
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Cultivating inner peace
How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.
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Anger, imputations and assumptions
We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.
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Anger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
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Contemplating the faults of anger
Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.
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