Monastic Life
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Buddha’s life
The Buddha's life, his path to awakening, and how Buddhism has adapted over time.
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Guided by wise teachers
Venerable Chodron reflects on the influence of her teachers and her journey to monasticism.
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Bringing Dharma to the West in the 21st century
Questions about the function of Dharma communities and how lay people and monastics can support…
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Buddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
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Master the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
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“She loved being a bhikshuni”: Spreading...
Venerable Chodron talks about the contribution of Venerable Hengching to the spread of full ordination…
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Ten advantages of establishing precepts & skand...
How the precepts help us in a modern world.
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Making the unfamiliar, familiar
An explanation of different levels of ordination across Buddhist traditions.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Working with hindrances and self-hatred
How to be friends with ourselves and five tools for countering afflictive thoughts taught by…
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Monastic etiquette
Balancing the monastic way of life and staying in touch with family, plus how to…
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Great vehicle driver’s ed
Ajahn Kovilo, Ajahn Nisabho, and Ayyā Ahiṃsā interview Venerable Chodron about her decades of experience…
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