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 Exploring Buddhism
Teaching on Chapter One: Exploring Buddhism, looking at the relationship between Buddhism, science and other…
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Why ordain young?
The story of Venerable Ratthapala and his response to a king who asked why he…
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Resisting social pressure
The story of Venerable Ratthapala, a young man in the Buddha’s times who vowed that…
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The spread of Buddhism and monastic life
The Buddha’s life story and how monasticism adapted to different cultures.
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Being a Dharma community
There is value in practicing and meditating with others. When we participate in our Dharma…
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What is wisdom?
The Buddhist perspective of wisdom and how it contributes to cultivating love and compassion.
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Twenty-first century Buddhists
Covering the Prologue by His Holiness on what it means to be a 21st Century…
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Who are you judging?
Working on our anger and our judgmental minds in order to be able to see…
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Internal matter
Finishing the section on tangible objects and continuing to internal matter.
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More precious than a wish-fulfilling jewel
Beginning a commentary to Geshe Langri Tangpa's “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation,” the importance of…
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Luis - Jul 17, 2018
Luis The great illusion of duality
The extremes of reward and terror are but illusions. In a poem, a student examines…
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