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

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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Illumination of the Thought

Hearers and solitary realizers realize emptiness

Further explanation why Hearers and Solitary Realizers realize the emptiness of inherent existence and the…

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Grounds and Paths

Review session: Bodhisattvas outshine through intell...

A review of the attainments of seventh ground bodhisattvas and the different levels of selflessness.

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Illumination of the Thought

Outshining through intelligence

How bodhisattvas outshine hearers and solitary realizers in intelligence and beginning the section on how…

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Grounds and Paths

Review session: The first two bodhisattva grounds

An overview of the bodhisattva paths and grounds and review of the section “Four Features…

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Illumination of the Thought

Outshining hearers and solitary realizers

Explanation of how bodhisattva superiors outshine hearers and solitary realizers by way of their qualities.

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