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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Repaying the kindness of others
The limitations of personal liberation and the happiness of working for the benefit of others.
View PostSamsara is not a vacation
Seeing the kindness of others motivates us to work towards liberation for their benefit.
View PostKeeping a long-term perspective
It's critical that we keep a long-term motivation instead of the happiness of this life…
View PostTweaking samsara is not enough
Four distorted ways of thinking that prevent us from seeking lasting happiness.
View PostBuddhist wisdom for managing our emotions
How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.
View PostCultivating inner peace
How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.
View PostAnger, imputations and assumptions
We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.
View PostAnger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
View PostContemplating the faults of anger
Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.
View PostAnger and attachment are equally unhelpful
How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.
View PostThe stages of the path within our reach in the West
How the three principal aspects of the path lead to happiness for ourselves and others.
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