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 400 Stanzas

Chapter 15: Verses 361-368

The credit card refutation. Using the example of a plastic credit card to refute an…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 15: Verses 369-375

Refuting inherent existence by examining the process of arising and that which is in the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 16: Refuting remaining counter-arguments

Refuting the remaining misconceptions of inherent existence and emptiness, particularly the wrong view that emptiness…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 16: Verses 383-394

Chipping away at self-grasping. Further refutations of arguments positing non-existence and inherent existence.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 16: Verses 395-400

The final refutations of true existence and the completion of the commentary on Aryadeva's 400…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 12

Quiz questions for a review of chapter 12 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Quiz review part 1

Review and discussion of questions on refuting wrong views. The first part of the review…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Quiz review part 2

Review and discussion of questions on refuting wrong views. The second part covers questions 9-16…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Overview and Chapter 9: Verse 201

Geshe Thabkhe gives an overview of the path and begins teaching on general refutation of…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 202-211

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues teaching on refuting permanent personal self, uncompounded space, and permanent time.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 9: Verses 212-218

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent functional phenomena like partless particles.

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Chapter 9: Verses 219-225

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches verses refuting the existence of permanent partless particles and truly existent…

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