Teachings at Sravasti Abbey
Teachings based on a commentary by Khensur Jampa Tegchok on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland of Advice for a King.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 1: Verses 86-92
Refuting inherent existence by examining mutual dependence. Looking at the mutual dependence of the four…
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Chapter 1: Verses 93-100
Distinguishing between inherent existence and conventional existence, and refuting the true existence of emptiness and…
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Chapter 2: Verses 101-108
Why the Buddha explained selflessness in different ways to different audiences and why he did…
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Chapter 2: Verses 109-114
Using the metaphor of the magician casting a spell to show how things appear truly…
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Chapter 2: Verses 115-126
The problems of teaching emptiness to those who are unsuitable vessels. Creating the causes for…
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Quiz questions for Precious Garland: Intro to verse 24
Questions to review understanding of the talks on Nagarjuna’s "Precious Garland of Advice for a…
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Venerable Thubten Samten “Precious Garland” review: Quiz question...
Discussion of the first seven quiz questions on Chapter 1.
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Quiz questions for Precious Garland: Verses 25-36
Part 2 of quiz questions, covering verses 25-36, to review understanding of the talks on…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi “Precious Garland” review: Quiz question...
Discussion of quiz questions 8 to 15 to review verses from Chapter 1.
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa “Precious Garland” review: Quiz question...
Discussion of quiz questions 16-19 to review verses from Chapter 1.
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“Precious Garland” review: Quiz question...
The review of Chapter 1 verses continues with a discussion of questions 19-22 from part…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim “Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 2 q...
Discussion of quiz part two questions 10-18 to review verses from Chapter 1.
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