Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 104-106
Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 104-106
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Wheel of Sharp Weapons 2004-06 
Oct 14, 2004 An expanded commentary on Dharmarakshita’s The Wheel of Sharp Weapons given at Sravasti Abbey from 2004-2006.
- How, under investigation, things do not exist the way they appear to us to exist
- Meditation to give us appreciation of our precious human life
- Remembering death and impermanence
- Illusion-like analogies
- How the self does not exist the way it appears to
Wheel of Sharp Weapons (expanded): Verses 104-106 (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
