How our spiritual goals can be divided into the aspirations to attain high status and definite goodness, and the relationship between the two.
Our spiritual goals
Series: Verses from Nagarjuna (BBCorner 2015)
A series of short talks by Venerable Thubten Chodron verses from Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King, given at Sravasti Abbey during the Manjushri Winter Retreat.
To be enjoyed and loved by sentient beings
Commentary on verses from Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King that were recommended for meditation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The taking-and-giving meditation
Commentary on verses from Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King that are the source of the thought transformation teachings.
The great aspirations of bodhisattvas
An explanation of why bodhisattvas make amazing aspirational prayers that are impossible to fulfill.
What is a person?
A continuation of the commentary on Nagarjuna’s verses, examining whether the person is the constituents of the body or the mind.
The person and the aggregates
If the person cannot be found in the aggregates, does it exist separate from the aggregates? A continued analysis of emptiness.
Dependent designation
Deepening the analysis of the selflessness of the person by examining how even the process of designation and the term of designation are dependent arising.
The middle way
How dependent arising is the meaning of emptiness, and dependent arising and emptiness are also dependently designated.