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 Being an example of love
The difference between love and attachment, and how attachment can become a real stumbling block…
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Being an example of peace
How the preconceptions in our own minds make us unpeaceful, and learning to control our…
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Living in harmony with one another
Identifying the cause of our disharmony with others and ourselves and working constructively to overcome…
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Serve other beings as much as possible
The importance of serving others by practicing and preserving the Dharma, or in any other…
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Share your love, wisdom, and wealth
The importance of learning to distinguish love from attachment so that we can share our…
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The relationship between the two truths
Teaching on the relationship between the two truths.
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Functioning things
Beginning to teach on the divisions of "Functioning Things," as part of Chapter 11: "Basic…
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Luis Kurushimi
Kurushimi means suffering or hardship. By recognizing the suffering of others, we understand their truths…
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Buddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest
How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist…
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Real and unreal
Continuing to teach on emptiness, introducing the division of "real" and "unreal."
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Ethical conduct and karma
How our behavior has effects for ourselves and others. Collective karma and the groups we…
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Nonexistents
Exploring what "bad" means through a syllogism, and teaches on the category of "non-existents."
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