Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron episodes:

• May 21, 2022Benefits of meditating on the the 12 links

  Commencing the teaching from Chapter 9 and describing the benefits of meditating on the 12 links and how it clears away wrong views

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• May 14, 2022Nagarjuna’s analysis of arising

  Completing teaching from Chapter 8, explaining Nagarjuna’s four-point analysis of arising.

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• May 07, 2022Ultimate nature of the twelve links

  Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, covering the section “The Ultimate Nature of the Twelve Links”

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• April 30, 2022Like illusions

  Teaching from Chapter 8, explaining why phenomena are “like illusions” but are not actually illusions.

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• April 23, 2022Nominally existent self

  Continuing the teaching from Chapter 8, using the examples to explain who cycles in samsara.

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• April 16, 2022Who experiences the 12 links?

  Continuing the teaching from Chapter 8, completing the example from the Pali explanation and covering the nature of the person

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• April 09, 2022Examples of how we cycle

  Teaching from Chapter 8, describing the implicit explanation of the 12 links and covering the explanation from Pali.

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• April 02, 2022Explicit and implicit presentations of the 12 links

  Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, explaining the explicit and implicit descriptions of the 12 links based on Rice Seedling sutra.

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• March 26, 2022Aging or death

  Completing Chapter 7, describing the twelfth-link, aging or death and starting Chapter 8 “Dependent Origination: Cycling in Samsara”.

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• March 19, 2022Questions and answers on meditation

  Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how to do visualization

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