Thubten Chodron

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Full Name	Thubten Chodron
Occupation	Bhikkhuni
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1950(1950-09-18)
Age	74
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Virgo

Thubten Chodron Biography

Thubten Chodron is one of the most popular and richest Bhikkhuni who was born on September 18, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. born in the year 1950. Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron was raised in an “non- religious Jewish” family near Los Angeles, California and obtained her B.A. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. After traveling throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia for approximately one and a quarter years, she was awarded an education credential and was admitted to University of Southern California to pursue post-graduate studies in education. She also worked as a teacher for the Los Angeles City School System. She took the meditation classes taught by Lama Thubten Nohe and Kyabje Thumbten Zopa Rinpoche after which she traveled to Kopan Monastery in Nepal to pursue her studies in Buddhism. In 1977, she was appointed an Buddhist nun by KyabjeLing Rinpoche in Dharamshala and, in 1986, she was granted Bhikshuni (full) ceremony in Taiwan.

In 2016, she was awarded in 2016 the Global Bhikkhuni Award, presented by the Chinese Buddhist Bhikkhuni Association of Taiwan.

Emphasizing the practical application of the Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives, Thubten Chodron tries to explain them in ways easily understood and practised by Westerners. She has worked on re-establishing the Bhikshuni lineage of Buddhist nuns, cultivating interfaith dialogue, and Dharma outreach in prisons. Seeing the importance and necessity of a monastery for Westerners training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she founded Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastic community north of Spokane, WA and is the abbess there. It is the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western monks and nuns in America.

Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron trained and practiced Buddhism within the Tibetan tradition extensively throughout India as well as Nepal under the direction by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche Thubten Yeshe, Thubten Yeshe Thubten Zopa, Rinpoche as well as others Tibetan masters, and also during three consecutive years, in Dorje Pamo Monastery in France. She was the spiritual director in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy for two years. She was also a the resident teacher at the Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore and for 10 years, she was the spiritual director and instructor at the Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle, US.

Thubten Chodron Net Worth

Thubten Chodron is one of the richest Bhikkhuni from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thubten Chodron 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Thubten Chodron was co-organiser of Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, an international gathering for Western Buddhist nuns held in 1996. She participated in both the 1993 and 1994 Western Buddhist teachers conferences with the 14th Dalai Lama, and she was instrumental in the genesis of the 2007 International Congress on Buddhism Women’s Rolle within the Sangha. She is an active part of the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination and is a regular participant in every year the Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering in the USA. Aware of interfaith dialogue, she was in attendance during the Jewish delegation’s trip to Dharamshala in the year 1990. This formed the basis of Rodger Kamenetz’s The Jew in the Lotus She also participated in at the Second Gethsemani Encounter in 2002. She was present at various Mind and Life Institute conferences where fourteenth Dalai Lama dialogues with Western scientists.

Thubten Chodron travels the globe to teach the Dharmain North America, Latin America, Singapore, Malaysia, India and those of the ex Soviet countries. Realizing the need and importance of a Buddhist monastery for Westerners who wish to learn about traditional Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she created Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery located in Newport, Washington, USA in

2003. She later became the abbess of the monastery in 2003.

Thubten Chodron is also author or editor of more than 25 books on Buddhism, including two works co-written with the 14th Dalai Lama: Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions and Approaching the Buddhist Path, the first in a multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation of the Buddhist path. Other popular works include Buddhism for Beginners; Open Heart, Clear Mind; Working with Anger; and Don’t Believe Everything You Think.

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Facts & Trivia

Thubten Ranked on the list of most popular Bhikkhuni. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Thubten Chodron celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

Who is 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.

What does Thubten mean?

Thubten may refer to: Thubten Chökyi Dorje, 5th Dzogchen Rinpoche (1872–1935), the 5th Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet in the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Thubten Chodron, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni.

What are the lamrim teachings?

• the reality that this life will end and that you will die.
• the suffering in a rebirth in the lower realms (a rebirth as hell being, hungry ghost or animal, which you want to avoid)
• (so you) take refuge in the three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

What does Chodron mean in Tibetan?

Pema Chodron is a bhikkhuni which means she is an ordained member of a monastic order of Buddhists. As a nun, Chodron is a disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a master of meditation in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism.

Is Tibet part of China?

It is an independent state under illegal occupation. Neither China’s military invasion nor the continuing occupation has transferred the sovereignty of Tibet to China.