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 Transforming and naturally abiding Buddha nature
Explaining the meaning of naturally abiding buddha nature and transforming buddha nature, from the section…
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Compassion as an antidote to low-self esteem
How compassion works as an antidote to low self-esteem.
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Overcoming obstacles to practice
What hindrances affect our practice? Examples of these and how to overcome them.
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Arya disposition and Buddha nature
Describing the arya dispositions according to different tenet systems, from the sections "Ārya Disposition according…
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Fear of compassion
How it takes time to form trusting relationships with others who have been harmed in…
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The mind’s potential in the Pali tradition
Starting Chapter 13, "Buddha Nature", covering the potential of the mind from the section, "The…
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Seven-limb Prayer
Purifying and creating positive potential prepare our minds to grow in wisdom and understanding.
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Advice for a non-Buddhist friend
Venerable Thubten Chodron offers advice on preparing for death.
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The purity of emptiness
Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section,…
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Cultivating excellent qualities
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…
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Friends who give bad advice
How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.
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Transforming knowledge into action
Practices we can do in daily life to integrate the Dharma. The perfection of joyous…
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