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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Healing Anger

Working with anger, part 1

An explanation of the Buddhist view of anger and how to work with it.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Open heart, clear mind

Practical advice on how we can apply Buddhist psychology to improve the quality of our…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Question and answers on Dharma and life

Answers to Dharma and personal questions. Topics include aging, issues around sickness, and death and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Three aspects of the Tathagatagarbha

Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the…

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New to Buddhism

Working with the eight worldly concerns

A short talk on how to work with the eight worldly concerns: attachment to praise,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

What obscures our buddha nature

Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the…

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Living in Community

What if the Buddha were a lay woman?

Questions from the Hamburg Dharma College about Venerable Thubten Chodron's personal practice, monastic life, and…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Kindness in practice

How might we respond with kindness towards others no matter what situations arise?

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Like gold in filth

Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Nine similes for Tathāgatagarbha

Explaining the first two similes from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13,…

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