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 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 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 vows 1-3
Explaining the first three of the 12 vows of the Medicine Buddha. Putting our energies…
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Contemplating the Medicine Buddha vows
How thinking about the bodhisattvas' promise to benefit sentient beings puts our mind into their…
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Abbreviated recitations
Recitations to prepare the mind for meditation, to make it receptive for transformation and attaining…
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Refuge, bodhicitta, the four noble truths
A presentation of the four noble truths from a Mahayana perspective, and a reminder of…
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Manjushri and the three vehicles
A description of how the Manjushri practice fits within the three vehicles, some historical perspective,…
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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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