Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

Covering three sections on the illusion-like appearance of conventional reality experienced after meditative equipoise on emptiness.

Covering the section “Establishing the lack of an intrinsic nature of 'mine'” and explores how conventional and inherent existence appear to the mind.

Teaching on how to identify the conventionally existent person and challenge its appearance of being inherently existent.

Continuing the section on insight and explaining how realizing selflessness cuts the root of samsara.

Beginning the section on insight and covering the two kinds of grasping at self (persons and phenomena.)

Teaching on flawed methods of meditating, the five faults, the six powers, the four types of attention, and how to know you’ve attained serenity.

Review of meditative stability and developing serenity (samatha) and insight (vipashyana).

Teaching on Maitreya's nine stages of sustained attention, including the six powers and four types of attention.

Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review of meditative stabilization, focusing on the the six conditions necessary for developing serenity/calm abiding.

Venerable Thubten Samten leads an engaging review on the far-reaching practice of joyous effort.