Venerable Thubten Chonyi
Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Review of emotions and feelings
Venerable Thubten Chonyi leads a review of the section “Buddhism, Science, and Emotions” from Chapter…
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Review of the four truths
Venerable Thubten Chonyi gives a review of the four truths, focusing on the truth of…
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A Healthy Diet for the Mind
How cultivating compassion is like engaging in a mental fitness program for the mind. What…
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A nun’s lifestyle
The lifestyle of a Buddhist nun or monk is based on Buddhist values of compassion,…
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Comfort for the grieving
Venerable Chonyi examines some of the ways a friend can be of help when a…
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Statements of pervasion review
Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the Statements of Pervasion section in Chapter 5 on “Two Kinds…
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The perfection of ethical conduct
Venerable Thubten Chonyi teaches on how to understand the ten paths of non-virtuous behavior and…
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The four messengers
The story of Prince Siddhartha's path from a sheltered existence inside the palace to a…
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“An Open-Hearted Life”: Preface by Profe...
A look at the western psychological perspective on compassion and how it relates to the…
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“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 8 questi...
Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the infinite merit required to attain the Buddha's bodies and the…
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Meditating on taking and giving
Imagining taking on all the suffering of others in order to destroy our own self-centred…
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