Bodhisattva Path

How to become a bodhisattva, a great being intent on attaining full awakening for the benefit of all beings.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Secondary misdeeds 23-32

Venerable Sangye Khadro covers secondary misdeeds 23 through 32, including those posing obstacles to the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Bodhisattva secondary misdeeds 10-22

Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her explanation of the bodhisattva vows, covering those relating to the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Bodhisattva secondary misdeeds 1-9

Venerable Sangye Khadro discusses the four binding factors and the nine secondary misdeeds related to…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Bodhisattva root downfalls 11-18

Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the bodhisattva vow, discussing numbers 11-18 of the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Root bodhisattva downfalls

Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the bodhisattva vow, discussing numbers 3-10 of the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow

Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews Verses 23-34 from Chapter 3, leads a meditation on taking the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Review of Chapter 3

Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews Verses 1-21 of Chapter 3 and leads a meditation on the…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Review of Chapter 2

Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 2, covering the confession of negativities, including…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Review of Chapter 1

Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 1 of Shantideva's text, Engaging in the…

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Illumination of the Thought

Review session: Identifying the root of samsara

A review of topics including identifying the correct root cause of samsara and the different…

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Illumination of the Thought

Common and uncommon afflictions

The difference between uncommon and common afflictions, and the distinction between the coarse and subtle…

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Illumination of the Thought

Review session: Coarse and subtle selflessness

A review of Chandrakirti's assertions that hearer and solitary realizer arhats realize the emptiness of…

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