Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas
Commentaries on a 3rd century philosophical text on how to meditate on the nature of reality.
About the Text
Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way is available from Shambhala Publications here.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 1: Abandoning belief in permanence
An introduction to the text "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" by Aryadeva, the study…
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Chapter 1: Verses 1-10
The benefits of reflecting on death, how to contemplate death with wisdom, and refuting misconceptions…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review of Chapter 1: Remembering death
Meditations on death. How remembering death give us an incentive to practice.
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Chapter 1: Verses 11-24
How practicing the Dharma will be of the greatest benefit at the time of death,…
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Chapters 1-2: Verses 25-34
How the mistaken view of the body as a source of pleasure leads to dukkha,…
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Chapter 2: Abandoning belief in pleasure
The unsatisfactory nature of the pleasures of cyclic existence and how they cannot bring real,…
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Chapters 2-3: Verses 45-52
How what is seen as pleasurable in samsara is actually a small discomfort replacing a…
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Chapter 3: Abandoning belief in cleanliness
Recognizing the difficulties created by sensual desire and seeing the body for what it is…
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Chapter 3: Verses 64-72
Examining the foulness of the body and why there is resistance to thinking of the…
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Chapters 3-4: Verses 73-77
How our attempts to beautify the body fail to make it an appropriate object of…
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Chapter 4: Abandoning pride
An examination of how pride wreaks havoc on personal and global levels, and how we…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 1: Verses 1-8
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe begins the teachings on abandoning the belief in permanence by covering Verses…
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