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Review of Chapter 1
A review of Chapter 1 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
View PostChapter 8: Thoroughly preparing the student
Verses preparing the student’s mind for profound teachings on emptiness, the ultimate medicine that will…
View PostChapters 7-8: Verses 173-176
By meditating on the disadvantages of attachment to seemingly attractive objects we can focus on…
View PostChapter 7: Verses 166-172
Abandoning attachment to upper rebirths, or fame and wealth in this life, we can develop…
View PostChapter 7: Verses 158-165
A look at how much time we spend on acquiring objects of the senses, effort…
View PostReview of Chapter 7: Counteracting desire
Venerable Thubten Chonyi draws from Aryadeva's text as well as other sources to examine and…
View PostChapter 7: Abandoning attachment to sense objects
Why our attachment to samsara is completely inappropriate, and how giving it up will bring…
View PostChapters 6-7: Verses 150-152
An explanation of emptiness of the mind, emptiness of afflictions, and managing manifest afflictions as…
View PostChapter 6: Verses 144-149
The disadvantages of anger and the advantages of practicing fortitude when faced with difficulties.
View PostChapter 6: Verses 136-138
An explanation of dependent arising, which serves as both the reason to prove emptiness and…
View PostChapter 6: Verses 131-135
What causes desire and anger to arise and how the different tenet systems differ in…
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