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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Four nuns with four Sravasti Abbey cats named after the four immeasurables.
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditating on the four immeasurables

Developing love for all sentient beings, cultivating gratitude, and a discussion about karma.

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Parents and their two young children have fun in the snow at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Wanting to fix others

How looking at our problems and addressing them is more beneficial than trying to fix…

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Venerable Chodron bowing to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

The preliminaries

How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…

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Thangka con la imagen de Lama Tsongkhapa.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…

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Turkey mother leads her babies onto the front porch.
Dharma Guide Training

Leading meditations and discussions

How to guide meditations, facilitate discussion groups, and act as spiritual companions to those in…

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Cover of the book 'Healing Anger' by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Transforming War and Terrorism

Healing anger in times of conflict

A commentary on Healing Anger by His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers direct advice on…

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Abbey statue of Samantabhadra.
Texts to Recite and Contemplate

The King of Prayers

An introduction to, and the full text of, this inspiring prayer that can fill our…

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Cover of Guided Meditations on the Lamrim Outline booklet.
Guided Meditations

Guided meditations on the lamrim

A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.

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Guided Meditations

Guided meditations on the lamrim in Spanish

Introduction to the Buddhist view Mind is the source of happiness and pain Mind is…

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Medicine Buddha in a painted representation of the universe.
Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2000

Medicine Buddha vows 1-3

Explaining the first three of the 12 vows of the Medicine Buddha. Putting our energies…

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Medicine Buddha in a painted representation of the universe.
Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2000

Contemplating the Medicine Buddha vows

How thinking about the bodhisattvas' promise to benefit sentient beings puts our mind into their…

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