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.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Compassion, uncertainty, and listening to uncomforta...
How to become comfortable with uncertainty and open to uncomfortable truths
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Cultivation of Compassion
How compassion gets us going in the right direction in our life.
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Eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
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The eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the context for understanding the eight qualities of the dharma jewel, teaching from Chapter…
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Compassion for a happier mind for Turkey
How caring for others improves our own and others’ lives. A talk given for the…
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Facing hardship for the Dharma
How enduring hardship for the sake of the Dharma is worthwhile, freeing us from mental…
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Results of transgressing ethical commitments
The importance of ethical commitments and taking our practice seriously.
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Q&A on karma
The importance of developing equanimity and questions from the audience about how karma works.
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Determining to maintain good character wherever we are
Avoiding pretension and deceit with our spiritual mentors and keeping good ethical conduct.
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Intro to karma and its effects
Reflections on the kindness of others and introduction to the law of karma and its…
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Eight excellent qualities of the buddha jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the Buddha Jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
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