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 Cultivating compassion and equanimity
Equanimity, a mind free from bias and indifference, is important in order to have the…
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Advice from the preceptor
Commentary to further advice from the preceptor, including the final instruction from the preceptor.
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Two aims and four reliances
Continuing Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach,” covering the sections “Value of the Stages of the…
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Qualities of a monastic
The five virtues a monastic should possess, and commentary to the ten numerical lists.
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Advice from the preceptor
Commentary to advice from the preceptor and qualities that make someone a worthy recipient of…
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Qualifications for ordination
How to subdue the mind, and what makes someone qualified for ordination.
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Robes of liberation
The importance of the mental factors of integrity and consideration for others, and the symbolic…
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Guarding integrity and aspiration
The purpose of religious institutions, what to do when disagreements arise with our spiritual mentors,…
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Four truths and three levels of practitioners
Continuing Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach,” covering the sections “The Four Truths and Three Levels…
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Sincerely going forth
How to overcome a poor-quality view of ourselves, and how to generate a mind of…
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Leaving family and renouncing worldly ties
How community life is a fast-track to overcome the eight worldly concerns, and commentary to…
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