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 Thubten Chodron 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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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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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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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim Gomchen Lamrim review: Exchanging self for others
Venerable Thubten Tsultrim reviews equalizing and exchanging self with others.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Gomchen Lamrim review: Cultivating compassion
Venerable Thubten Chonyi explores the concept of compassion by reviewing equalizing and exchanging self and…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye “Precious Garland” review: Quiz 8 questi...
Venerable Thubten Semkye reviews the causes for bodhicitta and the the 32 signs of a…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Gomchen Lamrim review: Equanimity and equalizing sel...
Venerable Thubten Damcho reviews the two types of meditation on equanimity and discusses their similarities…
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Venerable Thubten Nyima Buddhist Advice for Ruling a Kingdom
As Nagarjuna explained 2000 years ago, it is possible, and indeed auspicious, to base governmental…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Gomchen Lamrim review: Seven-point cause and effect ...
Venerable Thubten Samten reviews the last four points of the meditation on the seven-point cause…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Gomchen Lamrim review: Seven-point cause and effect ...
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews the meditation on equanimity and the first three steps of the…
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Bodhisattva ethical restraints 11-18
Finishing the teaching on the root bodhisattva downfalls and the four actions that make a…
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Bodhisattva ethical restraints 5-10
Discussion of the bodhisattva precepts in relation to modern-day ethical dilemmas.
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