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 Verse 20-2: The lower realms
A description of the lower realms, and whether they are actual places or just states…
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Verse 20-1: Going downhill
The importance of preventing sentient beings, and ourselves, from being born in the lower realms.
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Verse 19-4: Antidote to depression
How meditating on precious human life results in constant awareness of how fortunate we are,…
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Verse 19-3: Bodhisattva practices
The importance of aiming for a precious human life, even if that's not our long-term…
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Meditation practice
An explanation of the various kinds of Buddhist meditation, how to set up a daily…
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Verse 19-2: Precious human life
Not every human life is a precious human life. Considering living beings who are so…
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Verse 19-1: The upper realms
How a precious human life gives us just enough comfort and just enough suffering to…
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Verse 18: The exalted path
Generating positive aspirations for all sentient beings when setting out walking on a path.
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Verse 17-5: Value of keeping precepts
Fourth way of gathering followers in order to teach them the Dharma: to act in…
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Verse 17-4: Gathering disciples
Teaching the third way to gather followers: encouraging people along the path.
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Verse 17-3: Teaching the Dharma
Teaching the first two of four ways of gathering disciples: Being generous and speaking pleasantly.
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Verse 17-2: Taking care of ourselves
Seeing ourselves as worthwhile people, being kind to others because we respect them and see…
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