美國菩提學會恭請 確諄法師開示

D h a r m a  T a l k

                                                                      by Ven. Thubten Chodron

Date :          May 27 – May 30, 2003

Place :        Mahabodhi Society of USA     http://www.mahabodhi.org

1302 Lillian Avenue, Sunnyvale  CA 94087  (408) 733-4431

Contact：    江美玲   (408) 446-3829

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Thubten Chodron graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. 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 practice Buddha's teachings. In l977, she received the sramanerika (novice) ordination, and in l986, went to Taiwan to take the bhikshuni (full) ordination.

She studied and practiced Buddhism of the Tibetan tradition for many years in India, Nepal and France. She directed the spiritual program at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Italy and was resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Center in Singapore. Ven. Chodron was a co-organizer of Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, and took part in many conferences of Western Buddhist teachers and Scientists with H.H. the Dalai Lama.

Ven. Chodron lived and taught in Seattle with Dharma Friendship Foundation (DFF) for 9 years while she continued to travel worldwide to teach the Dharma. In February 2002, she moved to the Midwest (St Louis, Missouri) to start Sravasti Abbey at Liberation Park, an innovative yet traditional Buddhist monastery, together with Ajahn Santikaro. The Open Heart, Clear Mind is one of her many publications. For more details, visit http://www.thubtenchodron.org.

確諄法師是美國人，於一九五零年生在洛杉磯，自一九七五年起追隨達賴喇嘛尊者及梭巴仁波切修習佛法，一九七七年出家，一九八六年在台灣受比丘尼戒，曾在印度及尼泊爾多年，並在歐美亞等地以適合現代人的心態與想法，用平易近人的方式講經說法，不但受聽眾們的愛戴也引起廣大的共鳴。法師現居美中佛教會，也就是繼如法師在米蘇里的道場，且經常到世界各地弘法，此次能夠在萬忙中到菩提學會開示，實為因緣難得，希望佛友們撥冗參加，以免錯失良機。

法師多年來著述不斷，並有一套菩提道次第禪修磁碟，廣泛的被個人及團體禪修者採用。法師的一本著作《Open Heart, Clear Mind》，此書原文英文版，現已有兩種中文版本，書名是《開闊心，清淨心》，詳情請向網站www.thubtenchodron.org查詢。