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 Tools for Dharma guides
Practical exercises and tips on how to guide meditation sessions and Dharma discussion groups.
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Cultivating better relationships
Practical ways to improve relationships through good ethical conduct and communication.
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Healing anger in times of conflict
A commentary on Healing Anger by His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers direct advice on…
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Subduing anger
Story of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's interaction with a group of Los Angeles inner…
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Compassion after September 11
Applying the Dharma to deal with difficult emotions after the September 11 attacks on the…
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The King of Prayers
An introduction to, and the full text of, this inspiring prayer that can fill our…
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Retreat in Mexico
Students in Mexico develop confidence in their own ability to work with their minds at…
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The purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
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Prison revisited
Returning to a federal prison in Ohio to offer bodhisattva vows to a person who…
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Guided meditations on the lamrim
A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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Guided meditations on the lamrim in Spanish
Introduction to the Buddhist view Mind is the source of happiness and pain Mind is…
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