Parting from the Four Clingings

Verses commentaries on Manjushri's pith teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Parting from the Four Clingings

Verses describing what to practice and what to abandon along the path to awakening.

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Emptiness

Pithy instructions from the masters on how to meditate on emptiness.

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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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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

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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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

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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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2013

Untainted meditation

Meditation is needed to overcome afflictions, but it can easily become tainted by mundane concerns.

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