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 Buddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
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Ten powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
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Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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Four kinds of self-confidence, ten powers
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching…
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Three Jewels of the Vajra vehicle
Finishing the section of Final and Provisional Refuges, and explaining the Three Jewels According to…
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Cultivating the wasteland
When the West meets the Buddha At this year’s Triple Platform Ordination at Taiping Foen…
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Taming the monkey mind
Applying the Buddhist worldview in daily life by overcoming the complaining mind.
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Final and provisional refuges
Describing the difference between the Three Jewels and the objects of refuge, both final and…
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Eight excellent qualities of sangha jewel
Explaining the eight qualities of sangha jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter…
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Compassion, uncertainty, and listening to uncomforta...
How to become comfortable with uncertainty and open to uncomfortable truths
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Cultivation of Compassion
How compassion gets us going in the right direction in our life.
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Eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
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