Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, part 2
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience 
Jul 17, 2015 Part of a series of teachings on The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience, a lamrim text by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, the first Panchen Lama.
- The four-point analysis refuting the inherent existence of the self
- Review of the first two points
- The third point, ascertaining the lack of inherent unity
- The fourth point, ascertaining the lack of plurality or difference
- The conclusion, meditating on the lack of an inherently existent I combined with concentration
- What to do if the conclusion of emptiness weakens
- Looking at the illusion-like appearance of phenomena after the meditation on emptiness
- Applying the four-point analysis to meditate on the emptiness of phenomena
- Shaking up our feeling of being a solid person by examining the acquired, gross identities we cling to
- The purpose of the mediation on emptiness
- Examining the continuity of the person
Easy Path 59: Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, part 2 (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.
