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 The reasoning behind rebirth
How we can use an understanding of the nature of mind and logical reasoning to…
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The Buddhist view of the mind
Every topic in Buddhism is related to the mind. A look at the nature of…
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The four seals of Buddhism: The second, third and fo...
Explanation of the last three of the four seals and how contemplating them results in…
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The four seals of Buddhism: The first seal
How understanding the first seal of Buddhism, that all conditioned phenomena are impermanent, is a…
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The Library of Wisdom and Compassion: Volumes 1 and 2
An overview and reading from the two books whose topics provide a foundation for the…
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The student tries paths of light and of darkness before discovering the middle way.
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The three higher trainings and the eight fold path
The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble…
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Seeing the kindness of all beings
When we recognize how friends, strangers and even those we have difficulty with are kind…
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Overcoming jealousy
How jealousy causes emotional pain and problems in relationships. Applying antidotes to overcome jealousy and…
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Working with anger in daily life
Recognizing the harmfulness of anger. Training the mind to see situations in a different way…
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“Good Karma”: The ethical dimension of o...
When we understand karma we understand the importance of setting our motivation and making thoughtful…
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The power of compassion in a chaotic world
By cultivating broad-minded compassion we can react in a compassionate way to other living beings…
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