A good foundation is key
01 Preparing for Tantra (2025)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Introduction to Tantra 
Oct 9, 2025 An online talk for Tse Chen Ling's series Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women
- Three Principal Aspects of the Path as the foundation for tantra
- Confusion about receiving an empowerment
- Cultivating a proper motivation and studying the Dharma
- Misconceptions in our Dharma practice
- Understanding refuge, rebirth, and renunciation correctly
- Cultivating genuine compassion and bodhicitta
- Understanding the nature of reality
- Questions and answers
Part 2 of this teaching:
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
