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.
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Talk · Sravasti Abbey · 2026Where to Go After Ordination
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Meet Venerable Thubten Chodron.
Abbess of Sravasti Abbey
Venerable Thubten Chodron
American Buddhist nun who founded and leads Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western monastics in the United States, and a central figure in restoring full ordination for women.
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Reason as practice
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Systematic philosophical study, monastic scholarship and tantric practice.
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