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.
View Posts
Venerable Thubten Chodron “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Designa...
Mere designation by term and concept is the subtlest meaning of dependent arising. How Dharma…
View Post “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Depende...
What it means to repay the kindness of others. How phenomena are empty and exist…
View Post
The second nonvirtue of speech: Divisive speech (par...
Divisive speech often arises in the workplace, when a group of people gets together to…
View Post “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The nat...
The conventional and ultimate nature of the mind. How phenomena exist in relationship to the…
View Post “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The Bud...
Examining emotions and steering the mind in a good direction. The Buddhist view of the…
View Post “Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Explori...
How Buddhism differs from theistic religions and scientific reductionism but can get along with both…
View Post
“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for ou...
How to use the teachings on karma and thought transformation to look at the causes…
View Post
Instructions for enhancing the collection of merit
Specific ways to create merit by benefiting others with a compassionate attitude. How Nagarjuna's advice…
View Post Advice for gathering the collections of merit and wi...
An explanation of the actions to abandon and those to engage in order to increase…
View Post The two collections prevent physical and mental suff...
Why we should not be discouraged about attaining awakening. How the collections of merit and…
View Post The results of the collections of wisdom and merit
The collection of merit is the principal cause of the Buddha's form body, the collection…
View Post Boundless wisdom and compassion
Compassion is essential for all, not just spiritual practitioners. The two kinds of wisdom—wisdom of…
View Post