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 Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.
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Audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A question-and-answer session with His Holiness regarding ordination and the situation and practice of the…
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Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo 
Discrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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Generosity according to the four points
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of generosity though the giving of body, possessions, and virtue according…
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The three forms of generosity
Exploring the three types of generosity included in the far-reaching attitude of generosity.
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The six far-reaching attitudes
An overview of the six far-reaching practices, also known as the six paramitas: generosity, ethics,…
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Auxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vow 35-40
Overcoming obstacles to the ethics of benefitting others.
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Equalizing and exchanging self and other
An overview of the meditation on equalizing self and other.
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Commitments of aspiring bodhicitta
Generating the two types of bodhicitta: aspiring and engaging. How to protect our bodhicitta from…
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Advantages of cherishing others
Examining the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the many advantages of cherishing others.
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