Dan Harris interviews Venerable Chodron for the Ten Percent Happier podcast. They talk about motivation, becoming a nun, and expanding compassion.
Ten Percent Happier interview: What’s your motivation?
Tag Archives | Buddhist nuns
Reinforcing ordination in daily life
The Abbot of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala explains how precepts contribute to the attainment of pure morality.
Dismantling identities
Venerable Thubten Kunga describes how living at Sravasti Abbey supports her intention to dismantle old identities and develop good qualities.
Ordination is a wonderous deed
How to benefit others according to our capacity, and commentary to the advice following the siksamana ordination.
Ethical conduct
Exploring the meaning of ethics and morality, its benefits, and how to cultivate and protect one’s ethical conduct.
Advice from the preceptor
Commentary to further advice from the preceptor, including the final instruction from the preceptor.
Qualities of a monastic
The five virtues a monastic should possess, and commentary to the ten numerical lists.
Advice from the preceptor
Commentary to advice from the preceptor and qualities that make someone a worthy recipient of offerings.
Qualifications for ordination
How to subdue the mind, and what makes someone qualified for ordination.
Robes of liberation
The importance of the mental factors of integrity and consideration for others, and the symbolic meaning of monastic robes.