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 Establishing compassionate habits
As with learning any new skill or habit, it takes purposeful effort to establish compassionate…
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Overview of the Buddhist worldview
An outline of the Buddhist worldview. How Buddhism regards the mind, the self, the concept…
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Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 1-2
Commentary on verses 1-2 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Geshe Langri Tangpa.
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Review of consequences
Reviewing the chapter on consequences, and beginning the chapter on "Procedures in Debate."
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Ingratitude
A student struggles with being hurt by the ingratitude of others. Venerable Chodron suggests meditating…
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Mind training
Covering the sections in Chapter 7 “Cultivating a Compassionate Intention” and “Mind Training.”
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Consequences
Continuing to teach on Chapter 22 about the consequences of faulty reasoning.
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Bodhicitta, the most meaningful pursuit
How bodhichitta is the most meaningful pursuit in life, and a three-level meditation on love…
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Deepening love and compassion
The two factors necessary to develop love and compassion, and two meditations to generate the…
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Expectations, fairness, and compassion
Expectations, fairness and compassion in the context of understanding our own and others' unsatisfactory experience…
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Getting in touch with dukkha
Similarities between the unsatisfactory experience in samsara and a bucket in a well, with focus…
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The analogy of a bucket
Chapter 21: "Feeling Empathy." The first two similarities between the unsatisfactory experience of samsara, and…
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