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 Benefiting the world through the Dharma
A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved…
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Supporting the Dharma practitioner
There is merit in supporting the Dharma practitioner, but we also need to practice the…
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Practice, study, and offer service
Each of us needs to find the right combination of study, practice, and service that…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice: The source of h...
Because source of happiness and suffering is our own mind, the way to find happiness…
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Commitments and monotony
We need to keep up our practice because the benefit comes from its cumulative effect.
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Happiness through renunciation
What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.
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The meaning of enlightenment
A small part of enlightenment can be just the intention to let go of our…
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Relationships with parents
Meditating on the kindness of our parents is recommended as one way to develop bodhicitta.…
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False friends
There are four kinds of false friends, who are actually foes in the guise of…
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About attachment
Attachment can be one of the three poisons, or it can be a virtuous aspiration.…
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