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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Khenpo Yeshi Lhundup Compassion as cause of bodhisattvas
Continuing teachings on “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how great compassion is the root…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…
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Homage to great compassion
A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Working with disturbing emotions
Having compassion for ourselves by not following the disturbing emotions.
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Living in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…
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The pain of harsh words
Venerable Sangye Khadro shares how painful it is to receive and give harsh words, and…
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Reward and respect
A warning against procuring reward and respect by means of flattery, hinting, or coercion.
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Not diminishing ourselves
Being careful, carefully examining our motivation before mentioning the faults of others.
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The mirror of the Dharma
Venerable Sangye Khadro talks about being authentic, which is to look at our errors, and…
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The emptiness of the giver, the giving, and the rece...
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues with Verse 30 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” discussing the…
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Developing concentration takes practice
How concentration is not easy, but we keep working at it.
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Joyous effort, not perfection
Joyous effort and the three types of laziness and their antidotes.
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