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Chapter 2: Verses 144-158

Chapter 2: Verses 144-158

Chapter 2: An interwoven explanation of the causes and effects of higher rebirth and highest good. Part of a series of talks on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King.

  • We readily go for temporary worldly pleasures and think of the consequences later
  • The problems that result from using intoxicants
  • The nine disadvantages that come from gambling
  • The antidote to sexual desire is seeing the impurity of another’s body
  • Examining what the body is composed of and what comes out of it
  • The experience of watching an autopsy

Precious Garland 38: Verses 144-158 (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.