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Chapter 5: Verses 476-479

Chapter 5: Verses 476-479

Chapter 5: The practices of the Bodhisattva. What is to be abandoned and what is to be adopted. Part of a series of talks on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King.

  • How to have equanimity in the face of hardship
  • Recognizing the qualities of others that drive us crazy
  • The difference between a problem and our emotional response to it
  • Continuation of the commentary on the Twenty-Verse Prayer

Precious Garland 96: Verses 476-479 (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.