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Verse 21-3: Buddha nature
How buddha nature is described as the emptiness of the mind, and what that means.
View PostBenefits of cultivating bodhicitta
Combining the two techniques for cultivating bodhicitta and the benefits of cultivating bodhicitta.
View PostVerse 21-2: Seeing the buddha in others
Seeing sentient beings as buddhas, a way to control our negative mind but not taking…
View PostDiscussion: Mind-only school
A discussion session regarding uncompounded space, objects as reflections of mind, and cause and effect…
View PostGenerating bodhicitta
Equalizing and exchanging self and others and the seven-fold cause and effect relationship.
View PostVerse 21-1: On meeting others
Seeing the buddha potential in others transforms how we feel about them.
View PostEmptiness and bodhicitta
The benefits of generating bodhicitta and how emptiness and bodhicitta can support one another.
View PostRefuge in the Three Jewels
What it means to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
View PostVerse 20-3: Creating the causes
A meditation practice of reasoning with the angry mind to drop the anger. Considering that…
View PostEmptiness in everyday life
How ignorance, conceptualizations, afflictions and karma are linked and how to practice the understanding of…
View PostVerse 20-2: The lower realms
A description of the lower realms, and whether they are actual places or just states…
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