Wheel of Sharp Weapons
Commentaries on The Wheel of Sharp Weapons by Dharmaraksita, a poem on the karmic effects of our past actions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron
The three poisons
The role of self-grasping ignorance, anger, and attachment in our relationships with others.
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Changing habits through practice
Changing our habitual patterns through repeated practice, we can transform the most unpleasant circumstances into…
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Apologizing and forgiving
The meaning of forgiveness, how to let go of our anger and transform a painful…
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Ignorance and karma
How to transform the mind of "I should" and accept our karma instead of getting…
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Ethical conduct and emptiness
An explanation of right livelihood, dangers of bragging about our qualities, and the importance of…
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The importance of motivation
Why wrong views are stifling to our practice, the importance of maintaining our health to…
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Meaningful Dharma practice
What makes a bad companion, the importance of respecting Dharma objects, enduring hardships for the…
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Striking at the vital point
Why deities have wrathful forms, the practice of tonglen, and our obligation to help those…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 114-Colophon
Talking about the two truths, how we feel we exist, and meditating on emptiness using…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 111-113
Examining how karma is not inherently existent, many causes and conditions the are involved to…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 107-111
Everything is empty of inherent existence, but karma still functions. Actions bring results because they…
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