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 Anger as exaggeration
When we look closely at our anger, we see how it's based on exaggeration and…
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Some challenges of changing religions
What to do when we find ourselves applying conditioning from our religion of origin to…
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What is mind?
Beginning Chapter 2 “The Buddhist View of Life” and covering the section “What Is Mind?”
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Mental consciousness
Beginning the section on Consciousnesses and covering mental consciousness and its causes.
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Core elements of a monastic lifestyle
Exploring the core elements of a monastic lifestyle in the last teaching in the 2018…
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Online teaching resources
A compilation of the teachings of Venerable Thubten Chodron on taking refuge in the Three…
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Luis - Aug 13, 2018
Luis Poems of Human and Spirit
When we spend our time and energy moving between extremes, we are unable to step…
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A broad perspective
Finishing Chapter 1, Exploring Buddhism, focusing on the value of a broad perspective when beginning…
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A monastic’s commitments & the benefits o...
Discussing the commitments that monastics make when ordaining and the benefits monasteries provide society.
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How precepts transform society
The other advantages of monastic precepts: to transform society, to bring about individual liberation, and…
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How precepts promote harmony in the sangha
The three kinds of precepts (pratimoksa, bodhisattva, and tantric) and how the first two reasons…
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