Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Commentaries on a 3rd century philosophical text on how to meditate on the nature of reality.

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Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way is available from Shambhala Publications here.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 1-10

The benefits of reflecting on death, how to contemplate death with wisdom, and refuting misconceptions…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review of Chapter 1: Remembering death

Meditations on death. How remembering death give us an incentive to practice.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 11-24

How practicing the Dharma will be of the greatest benefit at the time of death,…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 3: Verses 64-72

Examining the foulness of the body and why there is resistance to thinking of the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 4: Abandoning pride

An examination of how pride wreaks havoc on personal and global levels, and how we…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 1-8

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe begins the teachings on abandoning the belief in permanence by covering Verses…

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