Tibetan nun to speak at NIC
The
Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American nun in
the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who has practiced
under the guidance and influence of the Dalai
Lama and other masters since 1977, visit North
Idaho March 15 to elucidate on the age old
question, "can there be peace in an imperfect
world?"Knowing our imperfections; conflict, violence, loss, shame, she offers practical advice on how each can not only attain a sense of acceptance and peace, but how to share it with the world around us.
Venerable Chondron teaches Buddhist philosophy world-wide, and she's author 10 books. Her teaching emphasizes practical application of Buddhist practices in daily life and she is respected for making them easily understood and practiced by Westerners, and she is founder and Abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery near Newport, Washington.
Using kindness, clarity, and humor, she addresses the profound questions of the human condition, teaching how each can find and develop their own peace, in spite of our inherent imperfections, and then share that peace with others so it grows, much as ripples growing and coming together on the surface of a pond.
Venerable Thubten Chondra will speak in the Molmstead Library Todd Hall on the North Idaho College main campus in Coeur d'Alene from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 18.
The event, sponsored by NIC, Coeur d'Alene Dharma Friends and the Sravasti Abbey, is free and open to the public; attendees are asked to arrive at least a few minutes early so as to be seated when the program begins.
To find out more, call (208) 660-5477.