Join Venerable Thubten Chodron again in 2026 for a series of engaging teachings that explore interesting and challenging Buddhist perspectives about how the world works. With her characteristic clarity and warmth, Venerable Chodron brings these profound topics into practical focus, helping us reflect on how they shape our personal lives.
This series will draw on the texts Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (Vol 3) and Appearing and Empty (Vol 9), which Venerable Chodron co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. These sessions will offer a rare opportunity to engage with these essential teachings from the Library of Wisdom and Compassion series and to reflect on these fundamental topics.
Sunday 7th June
10.00 – 11.30am
Sunday 12th July
10.00-11.30am
Sunday 16th August
10.30-11.00am
Sunday 13th September
10.00-11.30am
Sunday 18th October
10.00-11.30am
These teachings are via Zoom. The link will be sent with ticket purchase confirmation.
About the Teacher – Venerable Thubten Chodron
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. 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 sravasti.org to learn more about Sravasti Abbey.