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Lamrim outline: Advanced

Lamrim outline: Advanced

Thangka image of Shantarakshita.
Photo by Himalayan Art Resources

IV. How to guide students to enlightenment

    A. How to rely on spiritual teachers as the root of the path

    B. Stages for training the mind
      1. Being persuaded to take advantage of our precious human life
      2. How to take advantage of our precious human life
        a. Training our minds in the stages in common with a person of initial motivation—striving for the happiness of future lives
        b. Training our minds in the stages in common with a person of intermediate motivation—striving for liberation from cyclic existence
        c. Training our minds in the stages of a person of higher motivation—striving for enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings

The path of the higher level practitioner

c. Training the mind on stages of the path when you are a person of higher level—striving for enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings

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.

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