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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Types of awareness
The seven types of awareness according to the Sautantrika tenet school, and the four types…
View PostThe two truths and non-deceptive knowledge
The two truths, ultimate and veiled truths, and the four types of reliable cognizers according…
View PostNirvana is true peace
The fourth seal, that nirvana is true peace, and the importance of the sequence of…
View PostLiving with an awareness of impermanence and death
Three of the four "seals," the marks of how to determine a scripture or text…
View PostHow to listen to the Dharma
The value and method of learning the Dharma, and how to listen well.
View PostAnger and disillusionment
Covering the sections in Chapter 3 on anger, disillusionment, and the emotions and survival.
View PostThought consciousnesses and direct perceivers
Covering the section in Chapter 12 on the differences between thought consciousnesses and direct perceivers.
View PostEmotions and klesas
Teaching on 'Emotions and Klesas', as part of Chapter 3, focusing on attachment.
View PostDirect perceivers
Teaching on direct perceivers as part of Chapter 12: Consciousnesses in Relation to What They…
View PostPractical ethics: Part 1
A reading and commentary from the book "Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness."
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