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 Buddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest
How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist…
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Real and unreal
Continuing to teach on emptiness, introducing the division of "real" and "unreal."
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Ethical conduct and karma
How our behavior has effects for ourselves and others. Collective karma and the groups we…
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Nonexistents
Exploring what "bad" means through a syllogism, and teaches on the category of "non-existents."
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Planting seeds to understand the Dharma
How to create the causes to have the opportunity to hear Dharma teachings and the…
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Training the mind to see things more accurately
If we can see situations more accurately, we won't have unrealistic expectations and we can…
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Becoming the person we want to be
It’s impossible not to change. With a clear motivation we can steer that change to…
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A different kind of strength
Compassion is based on inner strength that helps us remain present with own and others…
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The fourth nonvirtue of speech: Idle talk (part 2)
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares a positive memory of something she did in a large gathering…
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Hidden phenomena and manifest phenomena
Continuation of Chapter 10, covering the section “The Division of Existents into Hidden Phenomena and…
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Love, compassion, and total commitment
The three levels of love, compassion, and total commitment, and the eight precepts of aspiring…
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