Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light mind) to the Dzogchen perspective of rigpa, teaching from the section, “Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind” from Chapter 12

Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness and conventional reality, from the section "“Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind" from Chapter 12

Explaining how the nature of the mind is free from pollutants, such that good qualities can be developed limitlessly, while afflictions can be eradicated through powerful antidotes, completing the review of Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential".

Explaining how afflictions are rooted in ignorance and how we can eradicate ignorance, continuing the review of Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential"

Describing the meaning of the subtlest clear light mind, and how this is the basis of the mind's ability to develop positive qualities infinitely, continuing the review of Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential"

Exploring the question, "Is Liberation Possible?", continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential"

Continuing the review of the Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas perceive conventional truth and ultimate truth simultaneously

Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potentials", describing the four maras

Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential", describing how afflictions are not rooted in the nature of the mind and can be dispelled.

Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing the nature of the mind and how it is possible to overcome the afflictions.