Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 114-Colophon
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 2004-06 
Sep 30, 2006 An expanded commentary on Dharmarakshita's The Wheel of Sharp Weapons given at Sravasti Abbey from 2004-2006.
Verses 114-115
- Seeing the situation of samsara clearly for what it is
- The two truths
- The four-point analysis
- Meditative equipoise, the union of shamatha and vipassana
Wheel of Sharp Weapons (expanded): Verses 114-Colophon, Part 1 (download)
Verses 116-Conclusion
- Importance of keeping precepts and holding to ethical norms
- Going from “truly existent” karma to emptiness, and getting confused
- Practicing the altruistic intention, accumulating merit
- Practicing the ultimate bodhicitta, accumulating wisdom
- The enemy is the self-centered mind and the self-grasping ignorance
Wheel of Sharp Weapons (expanded): Verses 114-Colophon, Part 2 (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.
