Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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