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 
21st-century Buddhists
Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…
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Sustaining our monastic life
How a long-term bodhicitta motivation is essential to sustaining ordained life and the importance of…
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The value of a sangha community
The meaning of sangha and the benefits of living in a monastic community.
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Factors causing afflictions to arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…
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Living a happy monastic life
The key factors that lead to having a happy mind as a monastic and living…
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Monastic precepts and community life
How monastic precepts and community life are set up to help work with our afflictions…
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The five precepts
How the five precepts guide how we live and relate to each other for the…
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The order in which afflictions arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different…
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The defects of anger
Discussing the various defects and disadvantages of anger, covering Verses 1 - 6 of Chapter…
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Compassion and empathy review
Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…
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