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 Vesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
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Special verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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Verses 2-4: Review
Different ways of looking at verses 2-4, on an ordinary level and on a tantric…
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Verse 4: The sleep of ignorance
On waking up, thinking that we're coming out of ignorance, especially the ignorance grasping at…
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Developing insight into emptiness
The steps for developing insight into emptiness, and the difference between conceptual mind and non-conceptual…
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Verse 3: The dreamlike nature of things
To see that all things are like an illusion, like a dream, appearing in one…
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Verse 1: The citadel of liberation
Transform the act of entering a house to be a cause of enlightenment.
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Introduction: Cultivating bodhicitta daily
Inspiration to live each day like a bodhisattva.
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41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta
A Mahayana prayer for daily life from the Flower Ornament Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra).
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The emptiness of inherent existence
How realizing emptiness helps to relax our mind, reduce attachment, and release anger and confusion.…
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Developing a kind heart
The importance of developing loving kindness, an open-hearted care for others.
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