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 Offering precepts in prison
Connecting with an incarcerated person leads to offering precepts in an Ohio prison.
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The Mind and Life VIII conference: Destructive emotions
A perennial human predicament: the nature and destructive potential of “negative” emotions.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Seattle
Reflections on the continued peace effort following the end of apartheid.
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Vorbereitung fur die Ordination
Reflektionen für Westler, die eine monastische Ordination in der tibetisch-buddhistischen Tradition erwägen
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Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.
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Recommended further reading
Further resources on the topics covered in Living as a Buddhist Nun.
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Audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A question-and-answer session with His Holiness regarding ordination and the situation and practice of the…
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Finding our way
A reflection on the Dharma, working with afflictions, self-esteem, ordination, and living within the precepts.…
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Glimpse of the Gaza Strip
Confronting fears and preconceptions on a visit to the Gaza Strip in April 1999.
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A turnaround in Mundgod
A Western nun teaching young Tibetans in India in 1999? Why not give something back…
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