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 Compassion and empathy review
Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…
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Eighty-four thousand afflictions
Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…
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Putting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare…
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Fetters and pollutants
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…
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How to make the mandala offering mudra
A demonstration of how to make the mandala offering mudra.
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Medicine Buddha’s unshakable resolves 7-12
The second part of the explanation the Medicine Buddha’s unshakable resolves. Resolves 7 through 12…
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“Letter to a Friend”: Verse 40 review
How we can cultivate the four immeasurables of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, and how…
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Medicine Buddha’s unshakable resolves 1-6
Part one of the explanation of the Medicine Buddha’s unshakable resolves—resolves 1 though 6. Also…
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“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 34-39 review
Commentary on verses 34 to 39 of Nagarjuna’s “Letter to a Friend,” which are about…
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Medicine Buddha healing visualizations
Continued explanation of the request section of the Medicine Buddha sadhana and the healing visualizations…
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“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 25-33 review
Commentary on verses about the perfections of concentration and wisdom. Also explanation of verses about…
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The psychological mechanism of making request prayers
The psychological mechanism of making requests in the Medicine Buddha sadhana. Also, how adversity is…
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