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 Far-reaching joyous effort
Investigating far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of joyous effort, its obstacles,…
View Post The far-reaching practice of patience
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the patience of voluntarily enduring difficulty…
View Post The patience of not retaliating
Exploring the patience of not retaliating by looking at the antidotes to anger.
View Post Anger and its antidotes
Continuing to explore the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the disadvantage of anger…
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On pilgrimage in Tibet and China
A three-week pilgrimage to Tibet and China with a group of Singaporeans in September and…
View Post Disadvantages of anger
A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…
View Post Ethics and the other perfections
How the far-reaching attitude of ethics is practiced in each of the other far-reaching attitudes.
View Post Far-reaching attitude of ethics
Exploring the three divisions of the far-reaching attitude of ethics.
View Post Generosity according to the four points
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of generosity though the giving of body, possessions, and virtue according…
View Post The three forms of generosity
Exploring the three types of generosity included in the far-reaching attitude of generosity.
View Post The six far-reaching attitudes
An overview of the six far-reaching practices, also known as the six paramitas: generosity, ethics,…
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Auxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vow 39-46
Concluding the section on overcoming obstacles to the ethics of benefitting others.
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