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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a sadhana of the tradition - Feb 22, 1993
a sadhana of the tradition Meditation on the Buddha
Step-by-step meditation on the Buddha. This includes reciting verses and contemplating good qualities you aspire…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Freeing ourselves from samsara
The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…
View Post Path to liberation
The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…
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The 12 links and the four noble truths
We die because we are born. To cease the cycle of death and rebirth, cease…
View Post Dependent arising: Links 4-12
A review of the first links and a discussion of the remaining 12 links of…
View Post Dependent arising: Links 1-3
Superstition obscures the right view and brings forth a wrong fantasy view. It is the…
View Post The death and rebirth process
What happens to the consciousnesses as we die, the bardo, and how rebirth occurs.
View Post The 12 links of dependent arising: Overview
I want to be happy and I deserve to be happy, but I’m not going…
View Post The wheel of life
Being aware of death while we are alive helps us distinguish what's important. Living each…
View Post The bardo and taking rebirth
How a person goes from the bardo into the next rebirth. Why the time of…
View Post Death and the bardo
Why death occurs, how important it is to clear up our relationships with others now,…
View Post Disadvantages of the afflictions
How our afflictions cause conflict, ruin our ethical behavior, and create negative karma.
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