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 Manjushri meditation on emptiness
A guided front-generation Manjushri meditation with an extended meditation on emptiness.
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Seeing ourselves as we really are
How to develop a beneficial and realistic view of ourselves and others.
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Verse 22-2: Toward the welfare of all beings
To slow down and be aware of what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.
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Verse 22-1: Bodhicitta while walking
The welfare of sentient beings is transforming the mind into virtue and abandoning the afflictions.
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Rarity of a precious human life
Discussion regarding the rarity of creating the causes and conditions for a precious human life…
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Verse 21-4: Emptiness of mind
The clear light nature of the mind, transition from the sutra view to the tantric…
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Taking advantage of our precious human life
Meditating on the 10 advantages of a precious human life can lift us out of…
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Verse 21-3: Buddha nature
How buddha nature is described as the emptiness of the mind, and what that means.
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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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