59 min
Interview
Interviewed by Buddhist Television Network
Thubten Chodron is interviewed about her life as a Buddhist nun and her teaching work, in an interview filmed for Korean television.
About the teacher
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Born Cheryl Greene, Venerable Thubten Chodron is an American nun in the Tibetan tradition and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey — the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States.
She studied with the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. With the Dalai Lama she is co-authoring The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series on the Buddhist path.
She is a central figure in the reinstatement of the bhikshuni ordination, the full ordination of women, which had lapsed in the Tibetan tradition.
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24 min
Meditation
Guided Meditation on Tara
Thubten Chodron leads a guided meditation on Tara, using visualization and mantra to cultivate joyous, courageous energy.
86 min
Talk
The Buddhist Worldview
Thubten Chodron lays out the Buddhist worldview for young adults, covering the nature of mind, rebirth, karma, and impermanence.
137 min
Talk
Where to Go After Ordination
Thubten Chodron gives practical guidance on where newly ordained monastics can go and how to support themselves after taking ordination.
103 min
Talk
Working with Anger: Questions and Answers
Thubten Chodron answers audience questions on anger, including how her own relationship with anger has changed and how to work with angry people.
106 min
Talk
What Anger Really Is
A talk in which Thubten Chodron explains what anger is, why it arises, and how it connects to attachment and the wish for social change.
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What's Your Motivation?
Thubten Chodron talks with Dan Harris about examining our motivation before we act as a way to reduce self-centeredness and suffering.
From the podcast 10% Happier with Dan Harris
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Practical Tools for Uprooting Anger
Thubten Chodron discusses concrete methods for working with and uprooting anger in daily life.
From the podcast Tricycle Talks
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Meditation on Anger
A guided audio meditation led by Thubten Chodron for working directly with anger as it arises.
From the podcast How to Train a Happy Mind
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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path
Thubten Chodron discusses the place of Vajrayana practice within the broader Buddhist path to awakening.
From the podcast The Wisdom Podcast
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