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 Sangye Khadro Root bodhisattva downfalls
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the bodhisattva vow, discussing numbers 3-10 of the…
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Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow
Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews Verses 23-34 from Chapter 3, leads a meditation on taking the…
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Review of Chapter 3
Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews Verses 1-21 of Chapter 3 and leads a meditation on the…
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Review of Chapter 2
Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 2, covering the confession of negativities, including…
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Review of Chapter 1
Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 1 of Shantideva's text, Engaging in the…
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Khenpo Yeshi Lhundup Outshining hearers and solitary realizers
Explanation of how bodhisattva superiors outshine hearers and solitary realizers by way of their qualities.
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First bodhisattva ground: The Very Joyful
Commentary on the grounds of bodhisattva superiors and beginning the commentary on the first ground,…
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Compassion conjoined with wisdom
Continued commentary on the three types of compassion and beginning the section on ways of…
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Three types of compassion
Explanation of Chandrakirti's verses identifying three types of compassion.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Keeping the promise of bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 11-16 on the importance of making ourselves into trustworthy people: in general and…
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Disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 2-10 of Chapter 4, which cover the disadvantages of discarding bodhicitta
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Conscientiousness
Reviewing Chapter 3 on bodhicitta and beginning Chapter 4 on conscientiousness, covering Verse 1.
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