Parting from the Four Clingings
Verses commentaries on Manjushri's pith teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.
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Drakpa Gyaltsen - Jun 8, 2015
Drakpa Gyaltsen Parting from the Four Clingings
Verses describing what to practice and what to abandon along the path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating bodhicitta
The seven-point cause-and-effect Instruction and exchanging self and others in order to generate the wish…
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Four types of nirvana
Explains different types of nirvana and how they are viewed according to different Buddhist philosophical…
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Buddha nature
The true nature of phenomena and the natural nirvana that is in the nature of…
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The dukkha of pervasive conditioning
Discusses what cyclic existence is and how we are deceived when we think we can…
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The dukkha of pain and change
The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive…
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Renouncing dukkha
Introduces the topic of renouncing the causes of suffering in cyclic existence.
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How to study, reflect, and meditate
Discusses the first verse of Parting from the Four Clingings, instructing to refrain from worldly…
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Parting from the four clingings
Introduces Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's verses on Parting from the Four Clingings and begins analyzing the…
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Giving up clinging to this life
Thinking about the reality of impermanence and death helps us let go of our strong…
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Untainted meditation
Meditation is needed to overcome afflictions, but it can easily become tainted by mundane concerns.
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