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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Verse 21-3: Buddha nature
How buddha nature is described as the emptiness of the mind, and what that means.
View PostVerse 21-2: Seeing the buddha in others
Seeing sentient beings as buddhas, a way to control our negative mind but not taking…
View PostVerse 21-1: On meeting others
Seeing the buddha potential in others transforms how we feel about them.
View PostRefuge in the Three Jewels
What it means to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
View PostVerse 20-3: Creating the causes
A meditation practice of reasoning with the angry mind to drop the anger. Considering that…
View PostVerse 20-2: The lower realms
A description of the lower realms, and whether they are actual places or just states…
View PostVerse 20-1: Going downhill
The importance of preventing sentient beings, and ourselves, from being born in the lower realms.
View PostVerse 19-4: Antidote to depression
How meditating on precious human life results in constant awareness of how fortunate we are,…
View PostVerse 19-3: Bodhisattva practices
The importance of aiming for a precious human life, even if that's not our long-term…
View PostMeditation practice
An explanation of the various kinds of Buddhist meditation, how to set up a daily…
View PostVerse 19-2: Precious human life
Not every human life is a precious human life. Considering living beings who are so…
View PostVerse 19-1: The upper realms
How a precious human life gives us just enough comfort and just enough suffering to…
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