The two middle-way schools
08 The Heart Sutra
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wisdom 
Jan 21, 2025 A series of teachings based on Essence of the Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services
- The debate surrounding commonly accepted objects
- Exploring how we think the self exists
- Valid cognizers and two levels of existence
- How objects appear to us and how we grasp them as existing
- Two primary divisions in the middle-way school
- Four possible types of arising
- Questions and answers
- Examining the connection between anger and grasping at inherent existence
- How Geshe Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) taught about the emptiness of conventional existence
- The difficulty of understanding the emptiness of a conventionally existent self
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.
