Chapter 11: Verses 259-265
Chapter 11: Verses 259-265
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe 
Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas 
Aug 24, 2016 Part of a series of teachings on Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way given on an annual basis by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe from 2013-2017.
- Absurd consequences that would result from a substantially existent future
- How buddhas directly perceive the three times
- Consequence that abstaining from non-virtue is unnecessary if the future is substantially existent
- Refuting the assertion that future functional phenomena do not exist
- Refutation by examining whether the future effect exists or not
- Establishing the two truths by valid cognition as an antidote to falling into the extremes of eternalism and nihilism
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe was born in 1930 in Lhokha, Central Tibet and became a monk at the age of 13. After completing his studies at Drepung Loseling Monastery in 1969, he was awarded Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree in the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism. He is an emeritus professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and an eminent scholar of both Madhyamaka and Indian Buddhist studies. His works include Hindi translations of The Essence of Good Explanation of Definitive and Interpretable Meanings by Lama Tsongkhapa and Kamalasila's commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra. His own commentary, The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Arising, was translated into English by Joshua and Diana Cutler and published by Wisdom Publications. Geshela has facilitated many research works, such as a complete translation of Tsongkhapa’s The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, a major project undertaken by the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in New Jersey where he teaches regularly.
