Chapter 14: Verses 348-350
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas 
Feb 12, 2015 Refuting wrong views on the inherent existence of functional phenomena. Part of a series of talks on Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way.
- Because persons and phenomena are dependent arisings they are not independent and lack inherent existence
- Meditating on dependent arising to avoid the extreme of nonexistence
- The mutual dependence of cause and effect
- Liberation is gained through understanding emptiness
- Understanding that emptiness means dependent arising and dependent arising means emptiness, that the two come to the same point
- The importance of identifying the self that is the object of negation
92 Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas: Verses 348-350 (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.
