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 Chapter 1: Introduction
Setting the context, motivation and attitude to learn the text. Explaining the Buddhist concept of…
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He meant well, dear
How to meditate on compassion when watching the news generates agitation and anger in your…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche The root of all happiness
In his preface to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why practicing compassion…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Awakening compassion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," on how the Chenrezig…
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How to do the Dorje Khadro practice
Introduction to the Dorje Khadro fire offering and a description and explanation of the practice.
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37 Practices: Verses 29-37
The perfections of concentration and wisdom, and the final verses on the practices of bodhisattvas.
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37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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How are we different from turkeys?
Discussion with retreatants on how we are like turkeys who, through ignorance and attachment, do…
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37 Practices: Verses 16-21
Humility; enemies are created by anger; learning to slowly chip away at our -o'holic mind.
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37 Practices: Verses 10-15
Recognizing the kindness of all beings, our mothers, and taking our difficult experiences as tools…
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37 Practices: Verses 7-9
The relationship with our spiritual mentor is the most important one in our life. An…
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37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
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