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 Approaching the Buddhist Path
An overview of and short reading from "Approaching the Buddhist Path," Volume 1 of The…
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Virtue, nonvirtue, merit, and roots of nonvirtue
Completing Chapter 5, covering five types of virtues and five types of nonvirtues and starting…
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Refuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
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Identifying our feelings
How to identify our emotions and distinguish them from thoughts and why it's important.
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Having-ceased
Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, explaining having-ceased and karmic seed and comparing the notions of…
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Pushed by our afflictions
Covering Verses 19-25 of Chapter 6, sharing ways to lessen our anger by viewing others’…
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Perfection of generosity: Generosity in everyday sit...
Answers to questions about generosity in everyday situations.
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Perfection of generosity: Offering our universe
How the notions of “I,” “my,” and “mine” block generosity. How the mandala offering is…
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Perfection of generosity: Generosity in the Jataka T...
The differences between the generosity of fundamental vehicle and bodhisattva vehicle practitioners. Two stories from…
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Perfection of generosity: The benefits of giving wisely
How giving eliminates afflictions and generates virtue, Also, ways to increase the positive value of…
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Perfection of generosity: Pure and impure giving
A commentary on the text, “Nagarjuna on the Six Perfections”, that begins with the section…
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