Venerable Thubten Chodron leads the review of Chapter 9 of Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas on the Middle Way. The quiz questions can be found here.
- The importance of studying and meditating on the teachings we receive
- Examining the middle way view from the perspective of different tenet systems
- Reviewing important definitions and concepts used in Chapter 9
- The impossibility of a soul as asserted by non-Buddhist schools
- The nature and continuity of the aggregates
- Investigating composites and components to prove dependence
- Why we need to be able to identify the object if it is inherently existent and why this is not the case with dependent phenomena
77 Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas: Chapter 9 review (download)
77 Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas Review of Chpt. 9 with Ven. Chodron 10-30-14