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 13: Refuting truly existent sense organs and...

Objects do not exist the way they appear to the senses. Examining the reasonings that…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 9

Quiz questions for a review of Chapter 9 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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Chapter 9: Quiz answers and discussion

Discussion of review questions for Chapter 9 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way."

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 307-311

Refuting the inherent existence of visual objects as well as of the eye sense faculty…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 312-320

Refuting inherent existence by analyzing how visual and auditory objects are perceived.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 320-325

Refuting the true existence of the aggregate of discrimination that discerns sense objects. Showing how…

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Chapter 14: Refuting extreme conceptions

Examining how phenomena and persons exist in relation to their attributes, and vice versa.

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Thangka image of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva.
Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 10

Quiz questions for a review of chapter 10 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Quiz review part 1

Review and discussion of questions on refuting misconceptions of a self. The first part of…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Quiz review part 2

Continuation of the review of questions on refuting misconceptions of a self. The second part…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Quiz: Aryadeva’s “400 Stanzas” Chapter 11

Quiz questions for a review of chapter 11 of Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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