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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On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Dharma medicine for these times

Cultivating compassion in politically turbulent times.

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Stages of the Path

Four virtuous practices

Practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives.

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Stages of the Path

Review: Tonglen practice

Review of the tonglen (taking and giving) meditation practice.

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Dharma Poetry

I met a mad man

What it's like to meet a qualified spiritual mentor who changes your life.

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Dharma Poetry

Another way

A monastic's prayer to renounce hatred and cultivate compassion.

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Dharma Poetry

My birthday gift

A monastic shares his insights from a life review as he turns forty.

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Stages of the Path

Review: Our enemy, self-centeredness

The disadvantages of self-centeredness and the advantages of cherishing others.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Commitments and instructions of mind training

The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The five powers in life and death

Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.

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