bodhicitta

Bodhicitta is the mind dedicated to attaining awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. Included are explanations of bodhicitta, its advantages, and how to develop bodhicitta.

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Love and Self-esteem

What’s love got to do with it?

Exploring the true meaning of happiness and how generating love for others helps us to…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Benefits on meditating on the Buddha

Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for…

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Stages of the Path

Full transmission of the text

Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.

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Stages of the Path

Aspiring bodhicitta

Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.

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Stages of the Path

Twelve links of dependent arising

Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.

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Stages of the Path

Bodhicitta as the entranceway to advanced scope

Investigating the practices of superior beings and the importance of bodhicitta.

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Stages of the Path

Three scopes of Dharma practitioners

The three scopes of Dharma practitioners and how to integrate the six perfections into our…

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Stages of the Path

Key lamrim topics

An introduction to topics covered in this text plus the first verse and a brief…

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The Six Perfections

The perfection of joyous effort

How to build a strong foundation for our spiritual practice with joyous effort.

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Repaying the kindness of others

The limitations of personal liberation and the happiness of working for the benefit of others.

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