The teachings on Chapter 7 of Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way explore the reasons and methods for giving up attachment to the fleeting pleasures of cyclic existence.
- The need to abandon attachment to samsaric pleasures
- How to counteract attachment to seemingly attractive objects by meditating on their disadvantages and inability to give any lasting happiness
- Seeking lasting happiness through liberation from cyclic existence
- Beginning of Chapter 8
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28 Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way with Ven. Chodron 11-14-13