The five appropriated aggregates are suffering
37 Middle-Length Lamrim
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Stages of the Path 
Oct 3, 2024 Part of a series of weekly teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
- Guided meditation on the five aspects of the suffering of aging
- The five appropriated aggregates are suffering
- They are the vessel of suffering yet to come
- They are the vessel of the suffering already arisen
- The are the vessel for the suffering of suffering
- They are the vessel for the suffering of change
- The are in the nature of the suffering of conditioning
- The purpose of contemplating suffering is the develop disenchantment with samsara
- Control, influence and choice with regard to karma and afflictions
- The six types of suffereing
- Having to discard one’s body again and again
- The is no certainty in samsara
- Companions don’t go with us at death
- Being born again and again
- There is no satisfaction in samsara
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.
