Smart, Successful, and Sassy, Yet She Chose to Be a Nun: Venerable Thubten Damcho's Story

Описание: Ruby Pan was smart, successful, and sassy. She was awarded a full scholarship to study in Princeton University, where she won accolade after accolade. She graduated with a good job, good pay, boyfriends, and a bright future. Yet she was miserable. Today, she is Venerable Thubten Damcho, "no hair, wearing weird clothes", and she is very happy.

In this episode of Meng & Friends, Venerable Damcho tells the funny, heart-warming, and inspiring story of how Ruby Pan found true happiness despite worldly success, and became Venerable Thubten Damcho.


TIMESTAMPS:

0:34 Venerable Damcho's biography
2:12 Opening question to Venerable Damcho on how and why she became a nun
5:43 Venerable Damcho's story of first meeting the Dharma from a book by His Holiness Dalai Lama
8:06 Tonglen practice -- and how seeing others’ deeper pain put her own suffering in perspective
10:45 First experience with meditation
15:30 Prizes and partying, and yet miserable. The answer? meditation and looking inward
16:11 From theatre to the temple, and continuing Dharma classes at the temple
18:30 The first spark of aspiring to ordain as a nun
22:17 The first novitate experience at Lumbini, and making a strong aspiration to meet Venerable Thubten Chodron
26:17 The first experience in the monastery, and seeing how the mind u-turns to continue with lay life where she meets Buddha Boy
30:43 Being up-close with her teacher Venerable Chodron, deepens the wish to really explore the aspiration to ordain
34:27 Moving to Sravasti Abbey, and requesting ordination
38:22 So, is Venerable Damcho happy now?
38:54 Venerable Damcho's advice for young people
40:51 What can a young person do to know themselves better
43:09 Venerable Damcho tells a story of 2 of her students and how their path diverges
45:53 A story of how two different young person's path diverges, based on their values and how they handled difficulties
47:08 Conclusion/Outro


Venerable Damcho's narration of the Rice Seedling Sutra:
   • The Rice Seedling Sutra, read by Venerable...  

Venerable Damcho's narration of The Sūtra of Dharmaketu:
   • The Sūtra of Dharmaketu, read by Venerable...  

Venerable Damcho's Vibe with Venerables on Love:
   • Is Love a Second-Hand Emotion? | Venerable...  

Ruby Pan's brilliant performance at Talking Cock in Parliament:
   • Talking Cock in Parliament - Ruby Pan  


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