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 Curiosity as a catalyst for connecting
How responding to differing views with curiosity can foster meaningful connections.
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Staying steady in samsara
How cultivating a mind free from bias, attachment and anger benefits all beings.
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Eight liberations and nine serial absorptions
Reviewing the eight liberations and explaining the eight liberations from Pali tradition and nine serial…
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Four types of srvaka aryas and eight liberations
Concluding the section on four types of śrāvaka āryas, and beginning the section on the…
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Meditative absorption on the four truths
Describing some of the different ways to overcome innate afflictions and progress on the path…
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Gaining the correct view
Refuting common misconceptions and using critical analysis to understand emptiness.
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The mundane form and formless realm
Describing the progression through the mundane meditative absorptions of the form and formless realms, continuing…
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Cultivating mundane insight
Introducing the seven preparations and the seven mental contemplations of cultivating mundane insight, where one…
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A diagram illustrating attaining serenity
Explaining the diagram illustrating the process of attaining serenity, completing the teaching from Chapter 7.
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Boundless joy
How jealousy prevents us from developing joy and what we can do to overcome it.
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Does the world exist objectively?
How the self and phenomena appear to exist and an introduction to dependent arising.
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