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 Third Dalai Lama - Dec 1, 2006
The Third Dalai Lama Essence of Refined Gold
A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…
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Cultivating emotional balance
Focusing on our own problems only makes them worse. Expanding our view to consider other…
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Adjusting to monastic life
Important elements in forming a community: how to cultivate an attitude of transparency and how…
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Chapter 2: Verses 40-65
The importance of keeping an awareness of death in order to focus our minds, consider…
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Chapter 2: Verses 24-39
Looking at what makes life meaningful followed by a continuation of the text. These verses…
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Chapter 2: Verses 7-23
Examining our motivations, considering why we face the same problems repeatedly, and the antidotes to…
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Chapter 2: Verses 1-6
The first verses of Chapter 2 describe the Three Jewels of refuge and how and…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 114-Colophon
Talking about the two truths, how we feel we exist, and meditating on emptiness using…
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Incarcerated people Better than a hell realm
A person in prison makes use of the tonglen practice while participating in the retreat…
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Rebirth and karma
Role of belief in rebirth and karma for practice and progress on the path.
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Ganden Tripa Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche Bodhisattva grounds
The 10 grounds in terms of the objects of abandonment and practice, and how bodhisattvas…
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