Venerable Thubten Chodron: The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
August 30th, 2018 3 – 5pm
Open to All Levels. No registration required.
What makes a philosophy Buddhist or non-Buddhist? How do we know whether our knowledge and perception is reliable? Join Ven. Thubten Chodron as she speaks on the foundations of Buddhist practice and philosophy in plain English for Western students, based on the second volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a series on the stages of the path by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and herself.
Venerable Thubten Chodron is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, one of the first Tibetan Buddhist training monasteries for Western nuns and monks in the US. She graduated from UCLA, and did graduate work in education at USC. Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1977, she has studied extensively with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, and Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in 1986.
Ven. Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her practical (and humorous!) explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She is also involved in prison outreach and interfaith dialogue. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and is currently co-authoring with His Holiness the Dalai Lama a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. The second volume, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, was published May 2018. Visit thubtenchodron.org for a media library of her teachings, and sravasti.org to learn more about Sravasti Abbey.