Chapter 2: Verses 171-176
Chapter 2: Verses 171-176
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Feb 11, 2016 Chapter 2: An interwoven explanation of the causes and effects of higher rebirth and highest good. Part of a series of talks on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King.
- How hunting harms others and our self
- The three causes of becoming a bodhisattva
- Compassion as vast as space
- Fabricated bodhicitta
- Wisdom free of the two extremes
- How all the causes of awakening can be subsumed into two—method and wisdom
- Basis, path, and result
- Sharp faculty and modest faculty bodhisattvas
Precious Garland 40: Verses 171-176 (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
