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 Mindfulness and fear
Covering Verses 1-5 of Chapter 5 'Guarding Introspection' and discussing how to work with fear…
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The complexity of karma
Explaining accounts of karmic events that can be difficult to comprehend and describing the causes…
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Where do the afflictions exist?
Reflecting on what benefiting others truly means and teaching on Chapter 4 Verses 46 -…
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The rise of women in Buddhism: Has the ice been broken?
In this panel discussion recorded in 2014, Venerable Thubten Chodron and others consider the problems…
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Creating our future
Continuing the teaching on purifying destructive karma and explaining how we can make wise decisions…
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Buddhism from a practitioner’s perspective
Venerable Chodron is interviewed for a forthcoming textbook on world religions.
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The courage to destroy the afflictions
Covering Verses 39 to 46 of Chapter 4 and teaching about the courage that it…
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Building your inner confidence
How to build confidence by accepting who we are, becoming our own friend, and recognizing…
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Purifying destructive karma
Teaching how to purify past destructive karma by practicing the four opponent powers: regret, antidote,…
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Resolving to overcome our afflictions
Reviewing Verse 33 and continuing through Verse 39 of Chapter 4, teaching on a strong…
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Surgery with bodhicitta
Venerable Chodron talks about how she prepared for her recent surgery.
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Imperceptible forms
Explaining imperceptible form, why different tenet schools describe that differently and describing the combinations of…
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