Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio

So, I don’t think that we’re ever gonna have an American Buddhism or an Italian Buddhism, or a Norwegian Buddhism or a Russian Buddhism. I don’t think it’s possible and I don’t think it would be beneficial, either. I think that the variety that we have really enables everybody to find something that suits them.

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