The teachings on Chapter 8 of Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way show the methods of training the student’s mindstream to make it receptive to a spiritual path.
- Explanation that the afflictions can be abandoned because their objects don’t exist from their own side, and because the afflictions don’t exist from their own side
- The importance of reflecting on how we are constantly transfixed by sense objects, how they control us, and the faults of our attachment to them
36 Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas: Verses 176-178 (download)
36 Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way with Ven. Chodron 01-09-14
