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Transforming Our Daily Activities: A Practical Guide To Practising Buddhism In Daily Life
Transforming Our Daily Activities A Practical Guide To Practising Buddhism In Daily Life Author:Thubten Chodron Born in 1950, Ven Thubten Chodron grew up near Los Angeles. She graduated with a B. A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. After travelling through Europe, North Africa and Asia for one and a half years, she received a teaching credential and went to the University of Southern California to do postgraduate work i... more »n Education while working as a teacher in the Los Angeles City School System. In 1975, she attended a meditation course given by Ven Lama Yeshe and Ven Zopa Rinpoche, and subsequently went to their monastery in Nepal to continue to study and practise the Buddha's teachings. In 1977, she received the sramanerika (novice) ordination, and in 1986, went to Taiwan to take the bhikshuni (full) ordination. She studied and practised Buddhism of the Tibetan tradition for many years in India and Nepal, and directed the spiritual programme at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Italy for nearly two years. She studied three years at Dorje Pamo Monastery in France and was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore. Ven Chodron was a co-organiser of Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, and took part in the conferences of Western Buddhist Teachers with H. H. the Dalai Lama in 1993 and 1994. She currently lives and teaches in Seattle with Dharma Friendship Foundation and continues to travel worldwide to teach the Dharma.« less