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 Like a bucket in a well
Explaining how to apply thought training techniques to create causes for liberation and full awakening…
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The mind is the source of happiness
Teaching on how our actions determine our present and future experience and explaining how the…
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Only the Dharma helps at death
Completing the section “Only Dharma helps at the time of death” in Chapter 9, explaining…
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Freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life
Covering verses 1.1c-1.4 on Shantideva’s purpose for writing the text and the eight freedoms and…
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Nine-point death meditation
Teaching nine-point death meditation, from the section “Learning from Our Own Mortality” in Chapter 9.
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Introduction and homage
Giving an overview of the text and covering the Verse on Shantideva’s homage to the…
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Faith-based applications to gun violence prevention
A Christian pastor and Buddhist nun discuss gun violence prevention and promoting nonviolence from the…
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Exchanging self and others and taking and giving
How the taking and giving meditation is a powerful tool for eradicating self-centeredness and cultivating…
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Looking beyond this life
Finishing Chapter 8 and beginning Chapter 9 "Looking Beyond This Life", covering sections "Gross and…
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The Middle Way view
Talking about heart-warming love and compassion and teaching on attachment to inherently existent things and…
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Love and compassion
Speaking on developing close relationships without attachment and teaching on the meaning of love and…
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Equanimity and the kindness of others
Leading a meditation on equanimity and teaching on the the seven-point cause and effect method…
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