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 The advantages of cherishing others
How to generate bodhicitta by changing in one's mind who is important and cherished: the…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
Working with the self-centered mind to increase happiness, one realizes the mind is dependent on…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A discussion of Shantideva's nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others as a method of…
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The seven-point cause-and-effect practice
Practices that develop the bodhicitta aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient…
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The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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Seeking enlightenment for the benefit of others
Teaching on equanimity and bodhicitta from a series of talks on The Essence of Refined…
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Gradual path to enlightenment
A condensed explanation of the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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Mary Grace Lentz Setting a good motivation for surgery
A student shares how setting a strong virtuous motivation transformed her experience of undergoing brain…
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The source of happiness and problems
What is real happiness? We think happiness comes from external situations and objects, but the…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Anger and other disturbing attitudes
A look at the definition and characteristics of afflictions such as anger, pride, and jealousy,…
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108 Verses: Verses 1-6
How great compassion protects our minds from afflictions and guides us through the spiritual path.
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