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 11: Summarizing verse

Past, present, and future relate to each other as cause and result. How the continuity…

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Chapter 11: Verses 251-255

Refuting lower Buddhist schools' assertions about the future and examining the consequences of positing truly…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 263-265

Considering the kindness of all the practitioners who have kept the teachings alive for 2,600…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 11: Verses 266-275

The relationship between impermanence and duration. Refuting a truly existent present.

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Chapter 12: Refuting wrong views

Cultivating the qualities of a proper student to receive the teachings on the correct view…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review 2 of Chapter 8: Verses 176-178

Part 1 of the second review of Chapter 8 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review 2 of Chapter 8: Verses 178-183

Part 2 of the second review of Chapter 8 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 5: Verses 101-102

A reflection on the determination to be free of suffering: what role mindfulness of death…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 5: Verses 103–106

Teachings on skillful means applied by the Buddha to benefit sentient beings and the great…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 5: Verses 107-114

A teaching on how to achieve long-lasting happiness followed by a commentary on how bodhisattvas…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 5: Verses 115-122

Benefits of cultivating faith and confidence in bodhisattvas who benefit innumerable sentient beings by skillful…

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