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Online: Searching for the Self with Ven. Thubten Chodron
November 2, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

Hosted by Vajrayana Institute & Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Center
Searching for the Self
Teachings on Emptiness
with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Saturday, November 2, 4 pm – 5:30 pm Pacific Time
Sunday, November 3, 10 am – 11:30 am in Sydney, Australia
on Zoom
In Searching for the Self, Venerable Chodron delves into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches while focusing on identifying our erroneous views and directing us to the actual mode of existence of all persons and phenomena.
The teaching is based on the book of the same title, Searching for the Self, Volume 7 in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Ven. Thubten Chodron.
By Donation (Suggested: 20AUD per class)
Registration information
Register here through Vajrayana Institute
More about the teacher
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, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in 1986.
She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, including seven volumes (so far) in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with whom she has studied for nearly forty years.
Venerable Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her warm, practical, and humorous explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She is also involved in prison outreach and interfaith dialogue. Learn more about her.
Find a media library of her teachings and info on her books on her personal website, ThubtenChodron.org.