What are we negating?
The first of two talks on Realizing the Profound View hosted online by Jewel Heart Center.
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Volume 8 Realizing the Profound View 
Aug 17, 2024 - Transmitting the Buddha’s teachings to the West
- Why learning about emptiness is important
- Identifying the object of negation
- Reasonings to realize emptiness
- Examining one reasoning to negate inherent existence
- Example of the chariot in Pali and Sanskrit scriptures
Watch the second talk here:
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.
