Thubten Chodron

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Venerable Thubten Chodron
Ven Chodron Portrait.jpg
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Religion Tibetan Buddhism
School Gelug
Personal
Born September 18, 1950[1]
Chicago, Illinois[1]
Senior posting
Title Venerable

Thubten Chodron (born Cheryl Greene) is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni (tib. Gelongma) ordination of women. She is a student of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, and other Tibetan masters.

Biography

Born in 1950, Venerable Chodron grew up in a "non-religious" Jewish family near Los Angeles, California and earned her B.A. in history from University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. After traveling through Europe, North Africa and Asia for one and a half years, she received a teaching credential and went to the University of Southern California to do post-graduate work in education while working as a teacher in the Los Angeles City School System. In 1975, she attended a meditation course given by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, and subsequently went to Kopan Monastery in Nepal to continue studying Buddhism. In 1977 she was ordained as a Buddhist nun by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan.

Venerable has studied and practiced Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition extensively in India and Nepal under the guidance of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche and other Tibetan masters and for three years at Dorje Pamo Monastery in France. She directed the spiritual program at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy[1] for nearly two years, was resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore,[1] and for 10 years was spiritual director and resident teacher at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle.[1]

Emphasizing the practical application of the Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives, Venerable 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 and for her work in re-establishing the Bhikshuni lineage of Buddhist nuns, cultivating interfaith dialogue, and Dharma outreach in prisons. She was a co-organizer of Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, an international conference of Western Buddhist nuns held in 1996. She was a participant in the 1993 and 1994 Western Buddhist teachers conferences with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and she was instrumental in the creation of the 2007 International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha. She is a member of the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination and attends the annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering in the USA. Keen on interfaith dialogue, she was present during the Jewish delegation’s visit to Dharamsala in 1990, which was the basis for Rodger Kamenetz’s The Jew in the Lotus, and she attended the Second Gethsemani Encounter in 2002. She has been present at several Mind and Life Institute conferences in which His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama dialogues with Western scientists.

Venerable travels worldwide to teach the Dharma: North America, Latin America, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and the former Soviet countries. Seeing the importance and necessity of a monastery for Westerners training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she founded Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington, USA, and is currently the abbess there. Many of her talks can be found on the web in both written and audio form as well as on Youtube and Livestream.

Bibliography

  • I Wonder Why. eBook 106 pages; Publisher: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Dharma Propagation Division; (1988)
  • Open Heart, Clear Mind. Paperback 224 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (November 25, 1990) ISBN 0-937938-87-4
  • The Path to Happiness. eBook 68 pages; Publisher: Amitabha Buddhist Centre; (1999) ISBN 981041336X
  • Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun. Paperback 248 pages; Publisher: North Atlantic Books; (December 28, 1999) ISBN 9781556433252
  • Buddhism for Beginners. Paperback 160 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (February 25, 2001) ISBN 1-55939-153-7
  • Working with Anger. Paperback 170 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (October 25, 2001) ISBN 1-55939-163-4
  • Taming the Mind. Paperback 230 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (September 25, 2004) ISBN 1-55939-221-5
  • How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator. Paperback 224 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (April 25, 2005) ISBN 1-55939-226-6
  • Transforming Our Daily Activities: A Practical Guide To Practising Buddhism In Daily Life. eBook 98 pages; Publisher: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Dharma Propagation Division, Awaken Publishing and Design; (May, 2005) ISBN 9789810530037
  • Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig. Paperback 155 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (April 25, 2006) ISBN 1-55939-242-8
  • Guided Meditations on the Stages of the Path. Paperback 154 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (October 25, 2007) ISBN 1-55939-281-9
  • Dealing with Life's Issues: A Buddhist Perspective. eBook 192 pages; Publisher: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Dharma Propagation Division, Awaken Publishing and Design; (January, 2008) ISBN 9789810593957
  • Pearl of Wisdom Buddhist Prayers and Practices: Book I. Spiral-bound 104 pages; Publisher: Sravasti Abbey; Sixth edition (July 1, 2011) ISBN 9780985849801
  • Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living With Wisdom and Compassion. Paperback 256 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (January 8, 2013) ISBN 9781559393966
  • Timeless Wisdom: Being the Knowing. NTSC DVD 109 minutes; Producer: Sweet Corn Productions; (January 28, 2013) ASIN B00B79WPCY
  • Living with an Open Heart: How to Cultivate Compassion in Everyday Life. Paperback 400 pages; Publisher: Robinson Publishing; (November 7, 2013) ISBN 9781780335421
  • Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions. Hardcover 352 pages; Publisher: Wisdom Publications; (November 11, 2014) ISBN 9781614291275
  • Pearl of Wisdom Buddhist Prayers and Practices: Book II. Spiral-bound 95 pages; Publisher: Sravasti Abbey; Sixth edition (December 1, 2014) ISBN 9780985849825
  • An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun. Paperback 272 pages; Publisher: Shambhala; (March 3, 2015) ISBN 9781611802115
  • Seven Tips for a Happy Life. eBook 38 pages; Publisher: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Dharma Propagation Division, Awaken Publishing and Design; (May, 2015) ISBN 9789810955892

Edited by Venerable Thubten Chodron:

  • Heruka Body Mandala Sadhana and Tsog and Commentary. eBook; By request from Sravasti Abbey;
  • A Teaching on Heruka. eBook; Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive; (May, 2000)
  • A Teaching on Yamantaka. eBook; Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive; (May, 2000)
  • Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha. Paperback 300 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (January 2, 2001) ISBN 9781559391559
  • Transforming Adversity Into Joy and Courage. Paperback 320 pages; Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; (September 2, 2005) ISBN 9781559392327
  • Insight Into Emptiness. Paperback 296 pages; Publisher: Wisdom Publications; (July 31, 2012); ISBN 9781614290131
  • Karmans for the Creation of Virtue: The Prescriptive Precepts in the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya. Paperback 314 pages; Publisher: Sravasti Abbey; (April 23, 2015) ISBN 9781508456070

See also

References

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