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 Good Karma: Karma and its effects
The meaning of karma, its four principles, three branches, and three kinds of results. How…
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Good Karma: The eight worldly concerns
How subduing the eight worldly concerns is the first step in living a spiritual or…
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Good Karma: The causes of happiness and suffering
How karma is like a boomerang, whatever actions we do return and have a similar…
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View of a personal identity
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and…
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The filth of the body
Covers Verses 5.60-5.70, discussing how to cultivate a sense of the body's lack of cleanliness,…
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Resolute and stable
Covering Verses 5.54-5.60 on how to be resolute in the Dharma practice, cultivate mental stability,…
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The root afflictions: Ignorance
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different meanings of ignorance and explaining deluded doubt.
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Finding the best in other people
How to improve relationships with others by recognizing and focusing on their good qualities.
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The root afflictions: Arrogance
Teaching from Chapter 3, explaining different types of arrogance.
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How to act when afflictions arise
Covers Verses 46-54 of Chapter 5 discussing skilful ways to act when afflictions arise
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The value of monastic life and communities in the 21...
In modern Western society, monastics support their communities in part by acting as the conscience…
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Living a happy life: Covid or not
How we can use the pandemic experience in a positive way, to change, develop talents,…
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