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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 77-80

Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 77-80

An expanded commentary on Dharmarakshita’s The Wheel of Sharp Weapons given at Sravasti Abbey from 2004-2006.

  • Honoring confidences
  • Sharing information when we have difficulties with people
  • Our story-making mind, mental proliferation
  • Skepticism, doubt, and jealousy
  • Taking advice

Wheel of Sharp Weapons (expanded): Verses 77-80 (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.