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 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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Obstacles to compassion
Exploring the meditation on the kindness of others, and various obstacles to compassion, including the…
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Gomchen Lamrim review: Cultivating compassion
Venerable Thubten Chonyi explores the concept of compassion by reviewing equalizing and exchanging self and…
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No small thing: Encouragement from China
The Abbey celebrates the arrival of 32 volumes of the annotated edition of the Nanshan…
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The four opponent powers for purification
Discussing the four opponent powers in the context of the Vajrasattva sadhana.
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“Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 5 q...
Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews questions from quiz 5.
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Thought training
How to transform all our experiences into fuel for our spiritual practice.
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