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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Gomchen Lamrim

The six far-reaching practices

Venerable Thubten Semkye teaches on the six far-reaching practices, focusing on why they are the…

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Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 35-39

Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints associated with the ethic of benefiting others.

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Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 25-34

Finishing the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints related to far-reaching fortitude and teaching on those related…

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White Tara Weeklong Retreat 2017

Love, compassion, and bodhicitta

Cultivating equanimity as the basis for genuine love, compassion, and bodhicitta.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Aspiring Bodhicitta

Review of the aspiring bodhicitta ethical code which helps us to prevent being separated from…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 13-18

Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva precepts related to the perfections of ethical conduct and fortitude.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 7-12

Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints focusing on those which aid the perfection of…

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Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Chapter 5: Verses 484-489

A comical explanation of the taking-and-giving meditation and beginning to teach on the last section…

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Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 1-6

The first teaching on the 46 auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints, covering the first six which…

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Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Chapter 5: Verses 477-484

Teaching the "Twenty-Verse Prayer," focusing on verses of aspiration and dedication for self and others.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Exchanging self for others

Venerable Thubten Tsultrim reviews equalizing and exchanging self with others.

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