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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Statue of Kuan Yin.
Bodhisattva Path

Taking and giving

How to practice tonglen, the taking-and-giving meditation.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Being an example of love

The difference between love and attachment, and how attachment can become a real stumbling block…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Serve other beings as much as possible

The importance of serving others by practicing and preserving the Dharma, or in any other…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Share your love, wisdom, and wealth

The importance of learning to distinguish love from attachment so that we can share our…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Love, compassion, and total commitment

The three levels of love, compassion, and total commitment, and the eight precepts of aspiring…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Closeness to others

How recognizing the kindness of others develops a sense of closeness to them.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Compassion as an antidote to anger

The antidotes to anger as the first step towards cultivating compassion for all sentient beings.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

A bucket in a well

Explaining the analogy of cyclic existence as a bucket in a well, focusing on karma…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Feeling empathy

Comparing rebirth in cyclic existence to a bucket going up and down a well.

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Ven. Chodron smiling and teaching in Russia.
Bodhisattva Path

The benefits of bodhichitta

Bodhicitta—the aspiration for awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings—is the most noble intention…

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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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