Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas with Venerable Thubten Chodron (2013-15)
Commentary by Venerable Thubten Chodron on Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way to prepare for Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe's teachings.
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Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way is available from Shambhala Publications here.
Chapter 8: Verses 179-183
Venerable Thubten Chodron Considering that things might not exist as they appear has great benefit, and why and how the mental afflictions can be abandoned.
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Chapter 8: Verses 183-184
Misconceptions regarding how cyclic existence comes into existence and the importance of understanding this. Explaining dependent arising and emptiness.
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Chapter 8: Verses 184-187
An explanation of how emptiness does not mean non-existence, and the problems with being attached to our own views.
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Chapter 8: Verses 188-190
A student must be prepared for the teachings on emptiness in order to understand the topic correctly. How to meditate on selflessness of persons.
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Chapter 8: Verses 190-191
Meditating on emptiness of the self, three levels of selflessness of persons, and the four-point analysis refuting an inherently existing self.
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Chapter 8: Verses 192-194
The different ways the Buddha presented the teachings according to the disposition of the disciples.
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Chapter 8: Verses 195-196
How to meditate on emptiness, and the importance of reflection and meditation on the teachings.
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Chapter 8: Self and emptiness
A discussion session that touches on the self-centered thought, how self-grasping ignorance produced afflictions, and two levels of self-centeredness.
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Chapter 8: Verses 197-200
The relationship between realizing emptiness and generating bodhicitta, and why the end of afflictions is possible.
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Chapters 8-9: Verses 200-201
An explanation of the three kinds of compassion, dependent arising, making ourselves suitable vessels, and refuting permanent, functional phenomena.
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Review of Chapter 7: Verses 151-155
Venerable Thubten Samten A review of Chapter 7 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on the disadvantages of cyclic existence and importance of practicing the…
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Review of Chapter 7: Verses 156-175
A review of Chapter 7 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on the sufferings of a human rebirth and the seriousness of…
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