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 Auxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vow 35-40
Overcoming obstacles to the ethics of benefitting others.
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Overcoming obstacles to the far-reaching attitudes of wisdom and the ethics of benefitting others.
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Overcoming obstacles to the far-reaching attitudes of joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom.
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Overcoming the three types of laziness as part of auxiliary vow 22 to overcome obstacles…
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Continuation of the auxiliary vows to overcome obstacles to ethical discipline.
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Completion of the auxiliary vows to overcome obstacles to far-reaching generosity as well as the…
View Post Auxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vows 1-5
Introduction to the 46 auxiliary bodhisattva vows and an in-depth look at the first five…
View Post How the bodhisattva vows are useful
The many benefits of bodhisattva precepts, How they liberate us and help make our lives…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and other
An overview of the meditation on equalizing self and other.
View Post Root bodhisattva vows: Vows 14 to 18
Commentary on the last five of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows including the four binding…
View Post Root bodhisattva vows: Vows 5 to 13
Commentary on the fifth through thirteenth root bodhisattva vows.
View Post Root bodhisattva vows: Vows 1 to 4
Commentary on the first four of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows.
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