Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas depends on sentient beings and how we can treasure sentient beings because of this

Completing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining various meanings of "equality of samsara and nirvana" and how clear light mind is understood according to sutra and tantra vehicles.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental states limitlessly and why afflictive mental states are not in the nature of the mind.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, describing three reasons that make liberation possible

Completing teaching Chapter 11, "Freedom From Cyclic Existence" and commencing Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential".

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, explaining nirvana as the object of meditation.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering non-abiding nirvana and nirvana as the cessation of duhkha and it's origins.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering natural nirvana and nirvana with remainder and nirvana without remainder

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, describing the nature and characteristics of nirvana.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering afflictive obscurations and cognitive obscurations.