Chapter 4: Verses 370-381
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Sep 16, 2016 Chapter 4: Royal Policy: Instructions on the Practices of a Monarch. Nagarjuna gives practical advice for leaders that is also applicable to individual practitioners. Part of a series of talks on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of Advice for a King.
- Reasons why some don’t see the Bodhisattva Vehicle as admirable
- The faults of disparaging the Mahayana Vehicle and teachings
- Undergoing the relatively small suffering of the bodhisattva path leads to great benefits
- Exerting yourself and giving up small pleasures to achieve great happiness
- There is nothing to dislike or deride in the Mahayana teachings
- The Bodhisattva Vehicle scriptures are the word of the Buddha
- All the bodhisattva practices can be subsumed in the six perfections
Precious Garland 70: Verses 370-381 (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.
