Parting from the Four Clingings (2013-14)
Teachings on "Parting from the Four Clingings" by Drakpa Gyaltsen given during the 2013-2014 Chenrezig Retreats at Sravasti Abbey.
Base of pure ethics
Venerable Thubten Chodron Ethics, the basis of Dharma practice, can become tainted by the eight worldly concerns.
View Post
Hearing, thinking, meditating
Hearing, thinking about, and meditating on the Dharma to overcome the four clingings.
View Post
Untainted meditation
Meditation is needed to overcome afflictions, but it can easily become tainted by mundane concerns.
View Post
Giving up clinging to this life
Thinking about the reality of impermanence and death helps us let go of our strong attachment to the activities and appearances of this life.
View Post
Parting from the four clingings
Introduces Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's verses on Parting from the Four Clingings and begins analyzing the text.
View Post
How to study, reflect, and meditate
Discusses the first verse of Parting from the Four Clingings, instructing to refrain from worldly motivations in Dharma practice.
View Post
Renouncing dukkha
Introduces the topic of renouncing the causes of suffering in cyclic existence.
View Post
The dukkha of pain and change
The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive to give up its causes.
View Post
The dukkha of pervasive conditioning
Discusses what cyclic existence is and how we are deceived when we think we can tweak it to find happiness.
View Post
Buddha nature
The true nature of phenomena and the natural nirvana that is in the nature of all persons and phenomena.
View Post
Four types of nirvana
Explains different types of nirvana and how they are viewed according to different Buddhist philosophical schools.
View Post
Cultivating bodhicitta
The seven-point cause-and-effect Instruction and exchanging self and others in order to generate the wish to become a buddha for the benefit of others.
View Post