Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

Explaining the reasons for taking refuge, mind's potential and existence of the three jewels, teaching from Chapter 1.

Commencing teaching from Volume 4, "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", providing an overview of the book and the three objects of refuge.

Concluding teaching from the text, "Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature", covering the topic are we already buddhas from Chapter 14.

Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind and innate clear light mind, covering the subsequent sections in Chapter 14.

Explaining how the uninterrupted path leads to liberated path, transforming buddha nature and the third factor of the tathagatagarbha, nature of the clear light mind according to Tantra and the meaning the verse by Nagarjuna, from the sections in Chapter 14.

Explaining how the progression of teachings in the three turnings of the wheel presents the clear light mind from different perspectives, leading us to enter Tantra in order to understand how to actualize such a mind, from the sections "The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel and Buddha Nature" and "A Link between Sūtra and Tantra", from Chapter 14, "Going Deeper into Buddha Nature"

Explaining the four puzzling points, from the section, "A Puzzle", in Chapter 13.

Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13.

Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the section, "Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13

Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter 13