Attributes of the Four Truths (2017)
Short talks on the 16 attributes of the four truths of the aryas given at Sravasti Abbey during the 2017 Winter Retreat.
Attributes of true dukkha: Impermanence
Venerable Thubten Chodron How to meditate on coarse and subtle impermanence.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Dukkha
How to meditate on the unsatisfactory conditions that characterize our existence in samsara.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Empty
How to identify our wrong views about a permanent, unitary, and independent person.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Selfless
A teaching on the non-existence of the self-sufficient substantially existent person.
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Attributes of true origins: Cause
How our state of existence in samsara has a cause, it is not random.
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Attributes of true origins: Origin
Why the origins of cyclic existence are numerous, not singular, and how this helps us to generate renunciation
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Attributes of true origins: Strong producers
The importance of keeping in mind how our suffering is caused by our ignorance, afflictions, and karma, not an external cause.
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Attributes of true origins: Conditions
How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.
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Attributes of true cessations: Cessation and peace
Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the first two attributes of true cessations.
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Attributes of true cessations: Magnificent and ...
Why nirvana is magnificent and definite emergence from cyclic existence.
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Attributes of true paths: Path and suitable
Why it's important to know that there is a path to liberation and that it is the true antidote to our suffering.
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Attributes of true paths: Accomplishment and ir...
The last two attributes of true paths and encouragement to meditate on all 16 attributes.
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