The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Three Principal Aspects of the Path 
Dec 5, 2024 A teaching given at the Buddhist Library in Singapore.
A commentary on the classic text by Lama Tsongkhapa. The text is available here.
- Verse 1: Why we need teachers
- Verse 2: Making good use of our precious human life with it’s freedoms and fortunes
- The eight worldly concerns
- Verse 3: Renunciation—the determination to be free
- Keeping good ethical conduct and the five precepts
- Verse 4: Reverse clinging to this life and future lives
- Verse 5: The measure of the mind aspiring for liberation
- Verse 6: Renunciation sustained by bodhicitta
- Verse 7 and 8: Generating the supreme altruistic intention
- Reading the remaining verses
- Avoiding the two extremes in realizing selflessness
- Questions and answers
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.
