Covering verses 1.1c-1.4 on Shantideva’s purpose for writing the text and the eight freedoms and ten fortunes afforded by a precious human life.
Freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life
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Introduction and homage
Giving an overview of the text and covering the Verse on Shantideva’s homage to the Triple Gem.
The Middle Way view
Talking about heart-warming love and compassion and teaching on attachment to inherently existent things and their characteristics and on two extreme views.
The Buddhist worldview
Introducing the text ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’ and discussing key ideas in the Buddhist worldview, such as karma and rebirth.
༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་བཞུགས། །
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
Freedom from the Four Fixations (Text)
Instruction on freedom from the four fixations by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak.
Parting from the Four Attachments (Text)
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak.
The essence of a meaningful life
Teaching from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life” covering eight freedoms and ten fortunes.
Examples illustrating rebirth
Concluding the teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.” covering the section “The Buddha Responds to Questions about Rebirth”.
Parting from the Four Attachments
Venerable Chodron offers a series of nine online teachings on the text “Parting from the Four Attachments” by Nubpa Rigzin Drak.