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Online: Transforming Knowledge Into Action with Ven. Thubten Chodron

June 24, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

Transforming Knowledge Into Action
with Ven. Thubten Chodron

Saturday, June 24

5 pm – 6:30 pm Pacific Time

Sunday, June 25, 10 am – 11:30 am in Sydney

on Zoom

Venerable Thubten Chodron gives practical advice about how to apply the Buddha’s teachings when the rubber hits the road and our Dharma study is put to the test.

See the Vajrayana Institute event listing for more information.

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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.

Details

Date:
June 24, 2023
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
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Website:
https://vajrayana.com.au/transforming-knowledge-into-action-with-venerable-thubten-chodron

Organizer

Vajrayana Institute
Phone
+61 2 9798 9644
Email
https://vajrayana.com.au/contact-us/
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Venue

Sravasti Abbey
692 Country Lane
Newport, WA 99156 United States
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Phone
509-447-5549
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