Ven. Thubten Chodron responds to a student’s queries about ordaining Letter from Anita Dear Ven. Chodron, I’ve been considering ordaining but have some doubts and questions. I live alone, and I feel alone. I have good work as a high school teacher, which gives...
A gardener and Buddhist explores the conflicts and complements: For a number of years I have wanted to write a book on being a Buddhist who is also a gardener. I wanted to explore what that meant and where the two callings in life conflicted or complemented one...
by Barbara McDaniel For Nanc Nesbitt, the commute from Seattle to Sravasti Abbey was just too much. In the Abbey’s first six months, she made the twelve-hour, round trip drive seven times to help her teacher, Thubten Chodron, get things started (Read...