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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Meditating on the four immeasurables
Developing love for all sentient beings, cultivating gratitude, and a discussion about karma.
View PostWanting to fix others
How looking at our problems and addressing them is more beneficial than trying to fix…
View PostThe preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
View PostThe Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
View PostLeading meditations and discussions
How to guide meditations, facilitate discussion groups, and act as spiritual companions to those in…
View PostHealing anger in times of conflict
A commentary on Healing Anger by His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers direct advice on…
View PostThe King of Prayers
An introduction to, and the full text of, this inspiring prayer that can fill our…
View PostGuided meditations on the lamrim
A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
View PostGuided meditations on the lamrim in Spanish
Introduction to the Buddhist view Mind is the source of happiness and pain Mind is…
View PostMedicine Buddha vows 1-3
Explaining the first three of the 12 vows of the Medicine Buddha. Putting our energies…
View PostContemplating the Medicine Buddha vows
How thinking about the bodhisattvas' promise to benefit sentient beings puts our mind into their…
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