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Venerable Thubten Chodron Participating in the bhikshuni ordination
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares her experience being a witness at a bhikshuni ordination in Taiwan.
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The five main topics studied in Tibetan Buddhist mon...
An overview of the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with descriptions of the five…
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Living in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…
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Interview with Shide Nunnery
An interview with Venerable Chodron with nuns from Shide Nunnery in Germany about the mindful…
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The past and future of the bhikshuni sangha in the West
The role of the sangha in preserving and spreading the Dharma. The relationship of the…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel The 24th Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Lamsel reports on the 24th annual monastic gathering, which took place at Spirit…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Purpose of a monastery
A discussion on ways in which the structure of monastery life serves to transform our…
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Benefiting the world through the Dharma
A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved…
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Core elements of a monastic lifestyle
Exploring the core elements of a monastic lifestyle in the last teaching in the 2018…
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A monastic’s commitments & the benefits o...
Discussing the commitments that monastics make when ordaining and the benefits monasteries provide society.
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How precepts transform society
The other advantages of monastic precepts: to transform society, to bring about individual liberation, and…
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