The Thubten Chodron Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Thubten Chodron Podcast
Completing the recollection of the buddha and beginning the recollection of dharma, teaching from Chapter 2.
Explaining the reverse order why buddha is a reliable guide and beginning the section on the recollection of the buddha, teaching from Chapter 2.
Explaining the four syllogisms of the forward order that prove how the Buddha is a reliable guide, teaching from Chapter 2.
Explaining the qualities of Buddha's body, speech and mind, and beginning the section on Buddha as a reliable guide, teaching from Chapter 2.
Covering the last six of the eighteen unshared qualities of a Buddha, teaching from Chapter 2.
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of the eighteen unshared qualities of buddhas, teaching from Chapter 2.
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching from Chapter 2.
Finishing the section of Final and Provisional Refuges, and explaining the Three Jewels According to the Vajra Vehicle, from Chapter 1.
Describing the difference between the Three Jewels and the objects of refuge, both final and provisional.
Explaining the eight qualities of sangha jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter 1.
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter 1.
Explaining the context for understanding the eight qualities of the dharma jewel, teaching from Chapter 1.
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the Buddha Jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter 1.
Describing the qualities of the three jewels based on the perfection vehicle, teaching from Chapter 1.
Describing the qualities of the three jewels, giving commentary on the Jewel Sutra and explaining nirvana, from Chapter 1.
Explaining the reasons for taking refuge, mind's potential and existence of the three jewels, teaching from Chapter 1.
Commencing teaching from Volume 4, "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", providing an overview of the book and the three objects of refuge.
Concluding teaching from the text, "Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature", covering the topic are we already buddhas from Chapter 14.
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind and innate clear light mind, covering the subsequent sections in Chapter 14.
Explaining how the uninterrupted path leads to liberated path, transforming buddha nature and the third factor of the tathagatagarbha, nature of the clear light mind according to Tantra and the meaning the verse by Nagarjuna, from the sections in Chapter 14.
Explaining how the progression of teachings in the three turnings of the wheel presents the clear light mind from different perspectives, leading us to enter Tantra in order to understand how to actualize such a mind, from the sections "The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel and Buddha Nature" and "A Link between Sūtra and Tantra", from Chapter 14, "Going Deeper into Buddha Nature"
Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13.
Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the section, "Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13
Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter 13
Commentary to verses 6-8 of Chapter 9, "Wisdom," of Shantideva's "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds."
A review looking at selected verses to develop compassion for difficult people with guided meditation.
Explaining Buddha Nature according to different tenet systems, reviewing the sections “Arya Disposition according to the Vaibhaṣikas and Sautrantikas” and “Buddha Nature according to the Cittamātra School”, from Chapter 13
Explanation of the view of the selflessness of phenomena in the Buddhist tenet schools.
Describing the arya dispositions according to different tenet systems, from the sections "Ārya Disposition according to the Vaibhāṣikas and Sautrāntikas" and "Buddha Nature according to the Cittamātra School" from Chapter 13, "Buddha Nature"
The source of disagreements between the lower tenets schools and the Prasangika Madhyamikas.
Explaining the emptiness of afflictive mind and the emptiness of purified mind, reviewing the section, "The Equality of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa", from Chapter 12.
The different understandings of the two truths possessed by those who have direct perception of emptiness and common people.
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent Qualities Can Be Cultivated Limitlessly" and "Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind" from Chapter 12.
Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's Potential," and "Is Liberation Possible?", from Chapter 12
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom and attain full enlightenment, completing the section, "Levels of Mind", from Chapter 12
Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The Equlaity of Samsara and Nirvana" and starting the section, "Levels of Mind", from Chapter 12.
How to work with our dominating, aggressive side that wants to get what we want at the expense of others.
Commentary on thought transformation verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality of Samsara and Nirvana", from Chapter 12
How self-centeredness creates problems in our lives, and the actual method of exchanging self and others.
Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara and Nirvana" from Chapter 12
Explaining rigpa, continuing the teaching from the section "Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind", in Chapter 12.
Commentary to verses on developing a bodhisattva’s joy and humility in pacifying others’ sufferings.
Commentary on verses about the equality of one’s own and others’ suffering.
Using reasoning to move beyond the self-centered attitude and care about the happiness and suffering of others.
A discussion of the nature of prayer in Buddhism and recognizing the kindness of others.
How it is possible to have a mind that wishes to dispel the suffering of all sentient beings as much as we want to dispel our own.
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".
Explanation of the last three points of the equalizing self and other meditation including review of the first six points.
Explanation of the second three points of the nine-point equalizing self and others meditation.
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point equalizing self and others meditation.
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"
Why being angry at others is inappropriate, because they are under the control of afflictions
Continuing the review of the Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas perceive conventional truth and ultimate truth simultaneously
Developing fortitude in the face of harm and hardship using thought transformation verses.
How anger arises due to causes and conditions, and how to use an understanding of dependent arising to decrease anger.
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.
How we can use suffering and difficult situations to increase our compassion, instead of responding with anger
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing the nature of the mind and how it is possible to overcome the afflictions.
The disadvantages of anger, and how to keep the mind from getting angry by protecting against its cause—mental unhappiness.
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
Ill-will towards those who have harmed us. (Pali: \paṭigha\, Sanskrit \pratigha)\\
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Based on an exaggeration or projection of negative qualities, an emotion that cannot endure an object, person, idea, etc., and wishes either to destroy it or get away from it.\
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