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Stages of the Path (lamrim) 1991-1994
An easy to navigate outline of the "gradual path" teachings given at Dharma Friendship Foundation.
View PostPowa, transference of consciousness
Teaching from the last section “Powa, Transference of Consciousness”, in Chapter 9.
View PostThe seven jewels of the aryas: Generosity of protect...
The two other kinds of generosity referred to in the third jewel of the aryas:…
View PostThe 24th Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Lamsel reports on the 24th annual monastic gathering, which took place at Spirit…
View PostMind-generation with Venerable Sangye Khadro, Part 2
Venerable Sangye Khadro finishes teaching on the different kinds of bodhicitta explained in Maitreya's "Ornament…
View PostMind-generation with Venerable Sangye Khadro, Part 1
Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on the different kinds of bodhicitta explained in Maitreya's "Ornament of…
View PostPrayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land: v...
Making aspirations to be reborn in Amitabha's pure land, to receive teachings there, and understand…
View PostConnecting with Amitabha Buddha
The Amitabha Buddha practice and what a pure land is. The benefits and the causes…
View PostCauses for pure land rebirth
Reviewing the four causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land.
View PostAmitabha practice: Pure land rebirth
What it’s like to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land, Sukhavati.
View PostFreeing ourselves and others
How the determination to be free from cyclic existence leads to the generation of bodhicitta.
View PostBodhisattva ethical restraints 11-18
Finishing the teaching on the root bodhisattva downfalls and the four actions that make a…
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