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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Why bodhicitta is so powerful
Finishing teaching on the ten fortunes of a precious human life and explaining why bodhicitta…
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Freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life
Covering verses 1.1c-1.4 on Shantideva’s purpose for writing the text and the eight freedoms and…
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Introduction and homage
Giving an overview of the text and covering the Verse on Shantideva’s homage to the…
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Chapter 8: Verses 4-7
Investigating our own experience to see the disadvantages of clinging attachment and develop love and…
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Chapter 8: Verses 1-3
The practice of abandoning the distorted conceptions of the eight worldly concerns.
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) 
Day 3: Questions and answers
Discussion covering the two methods to generate bodhicitta, social engagement for monastics, mindfulness of mind,…
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Diligence and concentration
Finishing the teaching on the perfection of diligence, and discussing factors for cultivating and stabilizing…
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Fortitude and diligence
The fortitude of voluntarily enduring suffering, armor-like diligence, and unrelenting diligence.
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Day 2: Questions and answers
Discussion session covering near-death experiences from a Buddhist perspective, organ donation, and the importance of…
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Developing equanimity
How to cultivate and develop equanimity, and the equalizing and exchanging self and others technique…
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Cultivating positive states of mind
Methods to train the mind, focusing on the sequence of developing positive states of mind.…
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