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 Perfection of generosity: Giving fearlessly
Supporting ethical and virtuous conduct with conventional analysis, and generosity of even most precious possessions…
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Perfection of generosity: Do we really own anything?
Investigating the mental attitude of ownership of objects and generosity
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Perfection of generosity: Learning to connect with e...
Recognizing similarities across humanity and creating an economy of generosity.
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Perfection of generosity: What makes generosity sincere
How to evaluate our intentions for giving and an explanation of different types of generosity…
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Types of nirvana
Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, covering natural nirvana and nirvana with remainder and nirvana without…
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Bodhisattvas’ path to awakening
Continuing teaching from Chapter 11, explaining the five paths of the bodhisattva vehicle.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 70 Topics: The four buddha bodies
Teaching on chapter 8 on the buddha bodies and a buddha's exalted activities.
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Meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and ot...
A sequence of eleven guided meditations for developing bodhicitta using the method of equalizing and…
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70 Topics: The four applications and Buddhahood
Overview of chapters 6 to 8: serial application, instantaneous application, and the resultant truth body.
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70 Topics: Peak application
Overview of chapter 5 on peak application and explanation of selected topics.
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70 Topics: Application in complete aspects
Further explanation of topics in chapter 4, application in complete aspects.
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The meaning of compassion
What compassion means, the three kinds of suffering that warrant compassion, and compassion’s connection to…
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