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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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land: v...

Things and persons exist dependently but ignorance grasps them to exist independently. Overcoming obstacles to…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land: v...

Aspiring to teach the Dharma to those in unfortunate states according to their disposition. The…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Prayer 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…

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Mind training for a modern world

How to use everyday situations to challenge habitual ways of thinking in order to bring…

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Venerable Chonyi smiling while sorthing through bins of mail.
A Nun's Life

A nun’s lifestyle

The lifestyle of a Buddhist nun or monk is based on Buddhist values of compassion,…

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Front page of Dharma Drum article showing Ven. Chodron smiling.
A Nun's Life

Guided by bodhicitta to create an energy field for c...

An interview with Dharma Drum Humanity Magazine, in which Venerable Chodron talks about her early…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The Buddhist enthymeme

Reviewing “Unpacking the Buddhist Enthymeme” in Chapter 6 and examining real-life syllogisms sent in by…

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Wisdom

The Vimalakirti Sutra: The two truths

What it means to enjoy the delights of the Dharma. The two truths, conventional and…

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Buddha statue at a temple in Taiwan.
Bodhisattva Path

Equanimity and bodhicitta

Equanimity for all beings is the foundation upon which bodhicitta is developed. How the bodhicitta…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 307-310

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.

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Gomchen Lamrim

The perfection of generosity

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal teaches on the perfection of generosity, and how we can relate to…

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