Date: 17 Dec 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 7.30pm – 9pm
Venue: The Buddhist Library, Level 2 Auditorium
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Talk Synopsis
Inspired by the mind that wishes to attain full awakening in order to be of benefit to all beings, Buddhist practitioners take the bodhisattva ethical restraints to deepen their commitment and practice. Venerable Thubten Chodron explains what these ethical restraints are and how to uphold them, especially in response to the challenges that may arise in modern life.
TO NOTE BEFORE YOU REGISTER:
-Sravasti Abbey requests that participants consider wearing a mask to help keep Venerable Chodron safe and healthy.
-For newcomers to the Library’s events: the session will comprise a talk and time for Q&A
-Please attend once you register. The event will also be streamed live via Facebook live.
About Ven. Thubten Chodron
Venerable Thubten Chodron is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a pioneering Tibetan Buddhist training monastery 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 other Tibetan lamas. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in 1986.
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. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation and is currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the writing and publication of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path. Visit thubtenchodron.org for a media library of her teachings, and sravastiabbey.org to learn more about Sravasti Abbey.
