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 Applying interdependence to daily life
Understanding interdependence enables us to create the causes of happiness for this and future lives.
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think
How to overcome unrealistic expectations, projections, and habitual patterns.
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Recollection of the Buddha
Completing the recollection of the Buddha and beginning the recollection of Dharma, teaching from Chapter…
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Buddha as a reliable guide, reverse order
Explaining the reverse order why buddha is a reliable guide and beginning the section on…
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The Buddha as a reliable guide
Explaining the four syllogisms of the forward order that prove how the Buddha is a…
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Ten advantages of establishing precepts & skand...
How the precepts help us in a modern world.
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Making the unfamiliar, familiar
An explanation of different levels of ordination across Buddhist traditions.
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Qualities of Buddha’s body, speech and mind
Explaining the qualities of Buddha's body, speech and mind, and beginning the section on Buddha…
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Monastic etiquette
Balancing the monastic way of life and staying in touch with family, plus how to…
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Great vehicle driver’s ed
Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho, and Ayyā Ahiṃsā interview Venerable Chodron about her decades of experience…
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