Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 15

Samsara: Suffering as Medicine 

00:00:12 Introduction: Continued discussion of the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward The Dharma: The Suffering of Samsara

00:02:00 The importance of this contemplation

00:06:50 Garchen Rinpoche, the hell realms being a hospital and suffering as medicine 

00:08:45 Paltrul Rinpoche on happiness and suffering 

00:10:14 Anything negative is the purification of karma 

00:16:00 Summation of the Buddha’s teachings 

00:18:30 Lojong, Milarepa, how excellent it is to have nothing, and self-arising joy 

00:23:28 Great joy that comes from letting everything go 

00:26:40 Closing thoughts on the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Toward the Dharma, Words of My Perfect Teacher 

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