Рет қаралды 815
On Chökhor Düchen, about 350 practitioners tuned in to listen to 84000’s Teaching on Sūtra with Venerable Thubten Chodron, “Creating Our World,” hosted by Joie Chen. A pioneering teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of Sravasti Abbey (sravastiabbey.org), Venerable Chodron focused her teaching on The Rice Seedling (read.84000.co/..., which is considered one of the most important sūtras on the topic of dependent arising. Venerable Chodron provides a humorous and clear teaching on dependent arising as it is described in the sūtra: all things arise when causes and conditions come together, including ourselves. She also discusses the relationship of impermanence, emptiness, and rebirth in the context of dependent arising. The session concludes with her insightful commentary on the Buddhist Eightfold Path.
Key Moments:
[2:51] Recitation of 84000 Aspiration Prayer
[4:35] Venerable Thubten Chodron begins the teachings
[7:55] Explanation of dependent arising
[23:38] Transmigration from this existence to the next
[50:30] “Like the beam of a scale tilting from up to down”
[01:22:38] The eightfold path
[01:41:52) Question-answer session
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