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 37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
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EML '05 Participants - Dec 15, 2005
EML '05 Participants Reflections on the first Exploring Monastic Life, 2005
The participants of the first EML course share how the program helped them look at…
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Panic fear, wisdom fear, and the adrenaline rush
Discussion with retreatants on the proper way to use the death meditation, the I that…
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Peeling away the view of permanence
Even though we die and are reborn so often, we think the experiences of this…
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Preciousness of the opportunity for retreat
The incredible rarity of meeting the Mahayana teachings and being able to do retreat.
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Profound view
How wisdom and compassion support each other. Ten ways to practice mindfulness of emptiness. When…
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The self as a merely labeled phenomenon
Why understanding dependent arising precedes the realization of emptiness. The meaning of being merely labeled.…
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Ways in which we apprehend phenomena
What does it mean when we say that things, including the self, exist in dependence…
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Progressing from wrong conceptions to correct view
How to use your meditation to move through the various stages of realizing emptiness, the…
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Negating inherent existence
The three levels of selflessness. Conventional and ultimate truths. The three levels of dependent arising.
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering.…
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Renunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to…
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