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 Advice for monastics
Explaning the section of advice for Monastics, teaching from Chapter 5.
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Things depend on other things
Interview on how the teachings on interdependence apply to daily life.
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Full ordination for women
Giving an overview and brief history of full ordination for women in the Buddhist Vinaya…
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The implicit meaning of the Heart Sutra
The bodhisattva paths and grounds and how different afflictions are eliminated.
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Challenges for Western monastics
Explaining how the Tibetan monasteries function and describing the challenges for the western monastics, teaching…
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The mantra of the perfection of wisdom
Explaining the explicit and implicit meaning of the mantra of the perfection of wisdom.
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Life worth living
Exploring what it means to live a good life from a Buddhist perspective.
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Commitment to contentment
Discussing the importance of monastics cultivating an attitude of contentment and commitment to upholding the…
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The eight aspects of emptiness
The emptiness of an object's characteristics and of the 12 links of dependent arising.
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Traditions of interpretation
Examining the four profundities and why analysis is crucial for perceiving emptiness.
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Ten points monastics should reflect on
Explaining ten points that the Buddha recommended for all monastics to reflect on; also, how…
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