Bodhicitta: Gateway to the Mahayana path
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Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche -
Teachings by Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche
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Nov 23, 2007
Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche 
Teachings by Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche 
Nov 23, 2007 Teachings on Chapter 1 of Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life based on Gyaltsab Je's commentary given by Khensur Wangdak Rinpoche at Sravasti Abbey from November 20-26, 2007.
- An overview of the goals, paths, and practice of the practitioners of the three capacities (lower, middling, and high)
- The awakening mind is the gateway enabling one to enter the Mahayana
- Conventional bodhicitta and absolute bodhicitta
- Bodhicitta is a resultant mind, the two methods for developing the awakening mind that come down through Atisha and Shantideva
- Different classifications and types of bodhicitta
- Advantages of the aspiring bodhicitta
- (Verses 15-25)
- Questions and answers
Khensur Wangdak on Shantideva 04 (download)
