Commentaries
Commentaries on Essential Buddhist Texts
A collection of commentaries on essential Buddhist texts, and the history of teachings on them, by Venerable Thubten Chodron and guest teachers at Sravasti Abbey.
Shantideva’s “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds”
The practices that are necessary to progress on the path to awakening,
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Nam-kha Pel’s “Mind Training Like Rays of the Sun”
How to transform all experiences into the causes for full awakening.
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Dharmarakshita’s “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons”
Practical techniques to identify, understand, and combat the afflictions.
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Nagarjuna’s “Precious Garland of Advice for a King”
Commentaries on Nagajuna's view of dependent arising and emptiness.
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Grounds and Paths of the Bodhisattva
The methods by which bodhisattvas attain buddhahood.
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Aryadeva’s “400 Stanzas on the Middle Way”
Aryadeva's teachings on conventional reality and ultimate truth.
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Illumination of the Thought
Tibetan scholar-yogi Lama Tsongkhapa's primer on Middle Way philosophy.
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Thought Training
How to train the mind to see people and events from a Dharma perspective.
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