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Review 2 of Chapter 8: Verses 176-178

Review 2 of Chapter 8: Verses 176-178

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.

  • The four distortions
  • How afflictions can be eliminated
  • Escaping from the bondage of desire
  • Breaking attachment
  • Inherent existence
  • Inappropriate attention
  • Dependent origination

68 Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas: Chapter 8 review 2, part 1 (download)

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Venerable Thubten Chonyi

Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.