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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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

The library of wisdom and compassion

Story behind writing the books in the series "The Library of Wisdom and Compassion."

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The human story

Each person's individual journey contains challenges and difficulties that, if met with courage, can cause…

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Being human: Not seeing the world as us and them

Cultivating the mind that sees all sentient beings as equal and how this benefits ourselves…

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Return to reality: Love and hate

Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions

How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Mind and emotions

Beginning Chapter 3: Mind and Emotions, exploring the relationship between unhappiness and non-virtue.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Proving mutual inclusion

Explaining how to prove mutual inclusion, and leading the class in doing Exercises 11.1 and…

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