Stages of the Path to Awakening with Thubten Chodron

Reviewing chapter 4 on the Higher Training in Ethical Conduct.

Reviewing from the second chapter, the ten powers, Dharmakirti’s syllogisms proving the Buddha as a reliable guide, and the epithets in the prayer, Homage to Buddha Shakyamuni.

Reviewing the first chapter, focusing on the 8 qualities of each of the Three Jewels.

Completing Chapter 8, covering words of advice and commencing Chapter 9, describing concentration in Pali tradition.

Describing the value of the Superknowledges, particularly for Bodhisattvas, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Explaining the second through six superknowledges, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Providing an overview of the superknowledges and explaining the first one, super-normal powers, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Reviewing the eight liberations and explaining the eight liberations from Pali tradition and nine serial absorptions, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Concluding the section on four types of śrāvaka āryas, and beginning the section on the eight liberations, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Describing some of the different ways to overcome innate afflictions and progress on the path to liberation and full awakening, continuing teaching from Chapter 8.

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 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 what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is creator of samsara and nirvana, continuing the teaching from 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.

Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality of Samsara and Nirvana", from Chapter 12

Continuing the explanation of "one taste" of samsara and nirvana, emphasizing the importance of establishing conventional existence before the realization of emptiness, from the section "The Equality of Samsara and Nirvana" from Chapter 12.

Describing the meaning of "one taste in emptiness", beginning the section, "The Equality of Samsara and Nirvana" from Chapter 12

Explaining dormant and manifest aspects of rigpa and subtlest clear light mind, completing the section "Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind” from Chapter 12

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 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.

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. The post Excellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly appeared first on Thubten Chodron.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, describing three reasons that make liberation possible The post Is liberation possible? appeared first on Thubten Chodron.

Completing teaching Chapter 11, "Freedom From Cyclic Existence" and commencing Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential". The post The mind and its potential appeared first on Thubten Chodron.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, explaining nirvana as the object of meditation. The post Nirvana as the object of meditation appeared first on Thubten Chodron.

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.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, explaining the five paths of the bodhisattva vehicle.

Commencing teaching from Chapter 11, describing five paths of the practitioners of sravaka vehicle.

Completing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the last two transcendental factors and covering the types of results from polluted and unpolluted karma

Responding to questions comparing the transcendental factors and eleven virtuous mental factors and reviewing the link feeling from the twelve links.