Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (2021–23)
Teachings on volume three of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on our present situation and our highest potential.
How to study the teachings
Venerable Thubten Chodron Commencing the teaching from "Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature" the third volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion.
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Three questions about the self
Teaching from Chapter 1, covering “Is There a Self?” and “Is There a Beginning to the Self?”
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The four truths
Continuing the teaching from Chapter 1, completing the section “Three Questions about the Self” and starting the section “The Four Truths”.
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True duhkha
Teaching from Chapter 1, covering "The Nature of Each Truth” focusing on true duhkha and three kinds of unsatisfactory experiences.
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The origin of duhkha
Continuing to teach from Chapter 1, covering "The Nature of Each Truth", explaining pervasive duhkha of conditionality and the origin of duhkha.
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True cessations
An explanation of the four types of cessation spoken of in the Pali tradition.
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The attributes of the four truths
Beginning the section on the sixteen attributes of the four truths. Also explanation of the coarse and subtle forms of the four truths.
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Four attributes of true duhkha
How the fisrt and second attributes of true duhkha counter the distorted conceptions.
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Overcoming the four distorted conceptions
How the third and fourth attributes of true duhkha counter the distorted conceptions.
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Four attributes of true origins
Continuing Chapter 1, explaining four attributes of true duhkha and four attributes of true origins.
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Four attributes of true cessations
Teaching from Chapter 1, describing four attributes of true cessations and four attributes of true paths.
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Four attributes of true paths
Completing Chapter 1 describing four attributes of true paths and starting Chapter 2, covering “Knowing Duḥkha for What It Is”.
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