Venerable Thubten Chodron

Newport, WA, USA

17.6k Followers

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. Ordained since 1977, Venerable Chodron teaches worldwide and has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation. She 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."

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Reviews

bd

Feb 23, 2026

I love the personable way you share with us! Thank you!

Leslie

Jan 12, 2026

Always equanimity is my touchstone and when I forget meditation’s like this remind me. Namaste 🙏🏻

T Mack

Jan 11, 2026

Wow!! The moment you quoted Metta and then said “”EXCEPT” for this person & that person, that was powerful!!!

Keith P

Nov 23, 2025

Lovely! Thank you for sharing this practice with us today. Namaste

Marcel Cantoni

Oct 18, 2025

thank you for this brief lesson on self-forgiveness!

Rossana Avila

Sep 30, 2025

Always a pleasure to listen and learn from her guidance.

Stretch

Aug 24, 2025

Dear respected teacher 🙏 Wonderful contemplations, your guidance was excellent in helping to visualise the many conditions that brought a benefit to my lifestyle before and now. Thank you and may you ever be well

Rose Brown

Aug 23, 2025

I can accept the principle of karma for myself and accept responsibility for my own actions, but I am troubled by images of mass suffering on the news at present. Thousands of people, including children, are undergoing appalling suffering, and it’s hard to imagine how they all created the causes for that.

Carolyn

Aug 3, 2025

Very timely that I found this in my morning of torment.

Rita Sophie

Jul 26, 2025

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