Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the belief in an independent self
Refuting a primal substance and independent self
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Putting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare of all sentient beings and to put the teachings into practice
View of a personal identity
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and subtle grasping.
Recollecting the Buddha
Covering Verses 31-35 of Chapter 5, discussing how mindfulness and introspection arise, and how to use them to monitor our actions of body, speech and mind
Guarding the mind
Covering Verses 19-30 of Chapter 5, discussing the reasons we must guard our mind and how the mental factors of mindfulness and introspective awareness help us
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”.
Four attributes of true cessations
Teaching from Chapter 1, describing four attributes of true cessations and four attributes of true paths.
The four truths
Continuing the teaching from Chapter 1, completing the section “Three Questions about the Self” and starting the section “The Four Truths”.
Joyous effort, concentration & wisdom
Covering Verses 14-18 of Chapter 5 ‘Guarding Introspection,’ discussing the perfections of joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom
Where do the afflictions exist?
Reflecting on what benefiting others truly means and teaching on Chapter 4 Verses 46 – 48 on how we can investigate our afflictions