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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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022

The five precepts

Explanation of the first four of the five precepts followed by Buddhists.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The “Ye Dharma Dharani”

Starting teaching from Chapter 10, explaining "dharani" to describe how they cover different aspects of…

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Giving up attachment

Commentary on verses 1-3 of Chapter 8, "Meditation". How attachment to the wonders of this…

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Healing Anger

Working with anger

Practical advice on working with anger in personal relationships and dealing with criticism.

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Making effort, joyfully

Commentary to verses 68-76 of Chapter 7, "Enthusiasm". How to use conscientiousness and introspection as…

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Dealing with betrayal of trust

How to work with attachment and respond to harm from others with compassion.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

We are not inherently selfish

Purifying the harm we have done to others directly and to ourselves indirectly.

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Solving problems at their root

How we can get the specific results that we want by creating the right causes.

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