Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe (2013-17)
Teachings by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way given at Sravasti Abbey and Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, New Jersey. With interpretation into English by Joshua Cutler.
Root Text
Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way is available from Shambhala Publications here.
Chapters 11-12: Verses 275-277
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Teachings on refuting the wrong views start with explaining the qualities of a proper Dharma student and 16 attributes of four noble truths.
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Chapter 12: Verses 277-278
Geshe Thabkhe answers questions on subtle impermanence, emptiness, and continues teachings on refuting the wrong views.
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Chapter 12: Verses 278-280
Teachings on how to prove the Buddha’s omniscience based on reasoning and experience.
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Chapter 12: Verses 281-285
Teachings explaining the difficulty of understanding emptiness and why emptiness should not be feared.
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Chapter 12: Verses 286-295
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the importance of not lapsing from the right view, and cultivating compassion for those with wrong views.
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Chapter 12: Verses 295-300
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on dependent arising and emptiness, and concludes his commentary with verses on the merit of listening to teachings on emptiness.
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Chapter 13: Verse 301
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teachings on refuting the inherent existence of sense organs and objects.
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Chapter 13: Verse 301-306
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting inherent existence of the sense objects.
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Chapter 13: Verses 307-310
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.
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Chapter 13: Verses 311-319
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of sense organs.
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Chapter 13: Verses 320-324
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on verses refuting the true existence of the perceiving consciousness.
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Chapters 13-14: Verses 325-326
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe completes Chapter 13 and begins Chapter 14 refuting the views of the extremes of eternalism and nihilism.
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