Parting from the Four Clingings
Verses commentaries on Manjushri's pith teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Hearing, thinking, meditating
Hearing, thinking about, and meditating on the Dharma to overcome the four clingings.
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Base of pure ethics
Ethics, the basis of Dharma practice, can become tainted by the eight worldly concerns.
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Dagmo Kusho Sakya Practical advice on attachment and pilgrimage
Down-to-earth help for busy lives: "Practicing Dharma is all inside." From a female Tibetan Lama…
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Opportunities that counteract attachment
One of the few female Tibetan lamas offers guidance on lessening our attachment to worldly…
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