Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 99-104
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2004 
Sep 18, 2004 Teachings on Dharmaraksita’s The Wheel-Weapon Mind Training at the Fall 2004 Manjushri Retreat at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, September 10-19, 2004.
Verses 99-100
- Suffer for the sake of even one sentient being
- Guardians of hell
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 56 (download)
Verses 101-02
- Beings of lower realms
- Beings of upper realms
- Generating the aspiration to gain the realization of the Bodhisattva path
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 57 (download)
Verse 103
- Practicing method and wisdom to counteract self-grasping and self-centeredness
- Two wings of enlightenment
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 58 (download)
Verse 104
- Nothing arises independently
- All things we crave only exist because the causes exist
- The causes are unstable, because to get the results, the cause must cease
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 59 (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.
