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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Five faults eight antidotes
Explaining the last three of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s…
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Monastic mind motivation
An explanation of the monastic mind motivation prayer and how it helps our practice.
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Try a little kindness
Why true compassion is based on equanimity and how to develop this positive quality.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Understanding anger
Exploring the four vows of a Medicine Buddha and the disadvantages of anger.
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Medicine Buddha’s 12 vows
Addressing questions from the previous talk and exploring Medicine buddha's twelve vows.
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Medicine Buddha sadhana
Continuing the explanation of the Medicine Buddha sadhana and answering questions about the practice.
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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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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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Geshe Gendun Samdup Full transmission of the text
Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.
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Aspiring bodhicitta
Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.
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Twelve links of dependent arising
Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.
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