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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Manjushri Winter Retreat 2008-09

Motivation for the Manjushri retreat

Setting the motivation for retreat, remembering the sufferings of the lower realms, and endeavoring to…

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Manjushri Winter Retreat 2008-09

Manjushri sadhana overview

The benefits of doing the Manjushri practice, an explanation of the visualization in the sadhana,…

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Open Heart, Clear Mind

Compassion in action

How to be compassionate in a world where there are many problems and how to…

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Living with Impermanence

Understanding reality

Venerable Thubten Chodron explores conventional and ultimate reality within the context of her mother’s recent…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-2: Filling containers

The importance of generating our motivation before doing an action to make even neutral actions…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-1: Filled with good qualities

Seeing filled containers with a generous mind and wishing good qualities for others.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-2: Ascetic practices

A description and the purposes of 12 ascetic practices that the Buddha allowed.

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Holding others dear

How to counteract the judgmental mind that over-emphasizes the faults of others.

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

The reality of our existence

Seeing that there is no freedom when we take rebirth under ignorance, afflictions, and karma.…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-1: Without ornaments

A practice to transform whatever we encounter, so that it’s not related to ego.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 24-1: Wearing ornaments

Being adorned by inner qualities of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, meditative stabilization, and…

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