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.

Chapter 11: Quiz review part 1

Review and discussion of questions on refuting truly existent time. The first part of the review covers questions 1-4.

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Chapter 11: Quiz review part 2

Review and discussion of questions on refuting truly existent time. The second part of the review covers questions 5-15 and completes the quiz.

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Chapter 14: Verses 326-334

Reflecting on the relationship between an object and its attributes to refute true existence.

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Analyzing the terrorist

Applying ultimate analysis to challenge our assumptions about what makes a person a terrorist.

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Chapter 14: Verses 335-343

Examining the relationship between an object and its attributes, and the whole and its parts, to refute the wrong view of inherent existence.

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Chapter 14: Verse 344

Refuting the inherent existence of phenomena by seeing they cannot be inherently one or many.

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Chapter 14: Verses 345-347

Just as there is no snake in the rope there is no self in the aggregates. Looking at how self and other phenomena are merely…

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Chapter 14: Verses 348-350

Seeing that emptiness is the meaning of dependent arising and dependent arising is the meaning of emptiness.

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Chapter 15: Refuting truly existent characteris...

How doe the sprout arise from the seed? When does the seed become a sprout? Refuting inherent existence by refuting inherent production.

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Chapter 15: Verses 354-358

Refuting arising, abiding and ceasing as being truly existent characteristics of objects.

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Chapter 15: Verses 359-360

For a complete and correct view it is important to bring emptiness and dependent arising together.

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Chapter 15: Verses 361-368

The credit card refutation. Using the example of a plastic credit card to refute an object's truly existent arising, abiding and ceasing.

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