Thubten Chodron Audiobooks

Buddhism for Beginners: clear first steps from an ordained nun and monastery abbess

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Who is Thubten Chodron?

Thubten Chodron, born Cheryl Greene, is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, teacher and author, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey – the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States. She has also been a central figure in the reinstatement of the Bhikshuni ordination, the full ordination of women within the tradition.

Her teachers include the 14th Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, and the connection with the Dalai Lama runs deeper still: the two are co-authoring The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path. Alongside that flagship project she has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation for ordinary readers.

Thubten Chodron in audiobooks

Our catalogue carries Buddhism for Beginners, and the title does what it says: patient, clear teaching for people starting from nothing, which is precisely the kind of material that flourishes in audio – absorbed on a walk, a commute, or in the quiet minutes before sleep.

What separates Chodron from the crowded mindfulness shelf is where she speaks from: monastic life, years of study under Tibetan masters, and a role at the centre of her tradition rather than its commercial fringes. For UK listeners curious about Buddhism but wary of the self-help gloss, this is a trustworthy first step.