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 Seeing things clearly
Examining conventional and ultimate existence and searching for an inherent self.
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Suffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
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Caught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
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Renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
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Compassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
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Buddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
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Compassion in the workplace
How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.
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Master the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
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Conducive conditions to develop serenity
Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…
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Commitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
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The five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
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The importance of developing serenity
Covering a descriptive definition of serenity, and explaining some of the many benefits of developing…
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