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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Cultivating Compassion

Obstacles to compassion

Exploring the meditation on the kindness of others, and various obstacles to compassion, including the…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Cultivating compassion

Venerable Thubten Chonyi explores the concept of compassion by reviewing equalizing and exchanging self and…

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Guided Meditations

Thought training

How to transform all our experiences into fuel for our spiritual practice.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: The afflictions

Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the afflictions and the factors stimulating their arising.

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Explore Monastic Life

The practice of appreciating others

Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares three ways we can show our appreciation for others in a…

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Explore Monastic Life

Unravelling our hallucinations

Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares how the meditation on the mind as the source of our…

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Guided Meditations

Living like we believe in karma

A meditation on integrating the teachings on karma into our daily lives.

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Explore Monastic Life

Exploring our motivation for ordination

Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares stories from Buddhist nuns on why they chose to ordain and…

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Guided Meditations

Quieting the mind after the news

A meditation on Chenrezig in the wake of the past week's shootings of black men…

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