Event

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Looking for something to inspire your daily spiritual practice? Join Buddhist nun and author Venerable Thubten Chodron as she shares from her newest book, Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy, which offers a quick daily dose of everyday wisdom ideal for creating moments of peace and reflection in our chaotic world. Copies of Venerable's books will be on sale at the event, with Venerable available to sign your copy immediately following the topic.

Speaker Biography:

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, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, and Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in 1986.

Ven. 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. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and 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. The fourth volume, Following in the Buddhas Footsteps, will be published in October 2019. Visit thubtenchodron.org for a media library of her teachings, and sravasti.org to learn more about Sravasti Abbey.