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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The Madhyamaka view: Questions and answers
Geshe Dadul Namgyal answers questions from the first day of teachings on the Madhyamaka view.
View PostLove your neighbor
A meditation on extending a sense of care and affection to people whom we find…
View PostOverview of the stages of the path
The conclusion of the teaching series with a broad overview of all the stages of…
View PostThe kindness of our enemies
Expanding on our motivation to learn to see our enemies as having been kind to…
View PostThe kindness of others
A motivation turns into a talk on appreciating the kindness of all sentient beings, without…
View PostCreating the causes for happiness
How the long-term view of creating causes for our future happiness helps us to be…
View PostThe way of compassion
A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.
View PostRelying upon Tara the liberator
Why Tara is a reliable source of refuge, and how the question of gender becomes…
View PostMeditation and review on equalizing and exchanging s...
Generating bodhicitta through the meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and others.
View PostDispositions, motivations, and practices
An overview of the motivations and practices that comprise the three levels of the path.
View PostMeditation and review on love, compassion and bodhic...
Concluding the seven-point cause and effect method to cultivate bodhicitta with guided meditations on love,…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 9-10
How to expand our motivation beyond attaining a good rebirth to liberation and awakening to…
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