Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
About Buddhist Teachings
It is said that the Buddha gave more than 84,000 teachings on how to attain liberation and full awakening. We are fortunate to have qualified living teachers who can explain these teachings and show us how to put them into practice in modern life.
Here, you’ll find everything from an introduction to the Buddhist worldview to in-depth commentaries from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition on the stages of the path to awakening, thought training, and Buddhist philosophy. Explore commentaries pages here.
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Bodhisattva Path
How to become a bodhisattva, a great being intent on attaining full awakening for the benefit of all beings.
VIEW CATEGORYBuddhist Worldview
An overview of core Buddhist concepts: the four truths of the aryas, rebirth, karma, refuge, and more.
VIEW CATEGORYFor Young People
Teachings from the annual Young Adults Explore Buddhism program and talks especially for youths.
VIEW CATEGORYLibrary of Wisdom and Compassion
Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.
VIEW CATEGORYNew to Buddhism
Short talks introducing the Buddhist worldview and teachings based on Venerable Thubten Chodron’s introductory books.
VIEW CATEGORYStages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
VIEW CATEGORYThought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
VIEW CATEGORYWisdom
Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
VIEW CATEGORYAll Posts in Teachings
Four virtuous practices
Practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives.
View PostReview: Our enemy, self-centeredness
The disadvantages of self-centeredness and the advantages of cherishing others.
View PostCommitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
View PostThe five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
View PostReview: Compassion, the great resolve, and bodhicitta
The last 3 steps of the 7-fold cause and effect method to generate bodhicitta.
View PostBodhicitta and working with adversity
Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.
View PostThe preliminaries & ultimate bodhichitta
Introduction to the "Seven-point Mind Training" by Geshe Chekawa and the first two points.
View PostAdvice for monastics
Explaning the section of advice for Monastics, teaching from Chapter 5.
View PostReview: Equanimity & recognizing others as our ...
Developing equanimity and a conviction in rebirth.
View PostFull ordination for women
Giving an overview and brief history of full ordination for women in the Buddhist Vinaya…
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