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 Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 95-98
The importance of seeing the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the benefits of cherishing others. More…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 56-59
Recognizing that the real enemies are the self-centered thought and self-grasping ignorance. How those misapprehensions…
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Bender and Cadge - Apr 18, 2004
Bender and Cadge “Nuns in the West I:” Interviews
Buddhist and Catholic monastics open discussion on various views.
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Joyous effort
Cultivating antidotes to discouragement and laziness helps our Dharma practice.
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Taking and giving
The taking and giving meditation, or tonglen, reverses our usual attitude of placing ourselves first…
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Exchanging self and others
When we learn to place others' happiness above our own, we start to destroy the…
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The advantages of cherishing others
Our own enlightenment is dependent on each and every sentient being. When we abandon the…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
The self-centered mind is one of the chief obstacles to our attaining liberation and enlightenment.
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Equalizing self and others
The second method of generating bodhicitta, called equalizing and exchanging self and others, is discussed.
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The great resolve and bodhicitta
The decision we make in our Dharma practice to benefit all sentient beings is a…
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Great compassion
Just as love is the thought that we want all beings to have happiness, so…
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Heart-warming love
It is possible to see all beings, whether they are friends, enemies, or strangers, as…
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