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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The Six Perfections

Paramita of ethical conduct

Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of ethical conduct and compares the pratimoksa…

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The Six Perfections

Day 2: Questions and answers

Questions from Day 2 teachings on anger, obscurations to omniscience, and the super-knowledges.

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The Six Perfections

Paramita of generosity

Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of generosity, which includes giving material goods,…

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The Six Perfections

Wishing bodhicitta

The five guidelines of wishing, or aspiring, bodhicitta and the four positive dharmas and the…

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The Six Perfections

Day 1: Questions and answers

Questions from Day 1 teachings on cognition, altruism, self-centeredness, and bodhicitta.

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The Six Perfections

Why is bodhicitta so powerful?

How bodhicitta encapsulates numerous agents of transformation within a single motivation and outlines some of…

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The joy of serving sentient beings

How compassion and benefiting others benefits ourselves and others now and in the future. Reflections…

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Wisdom and compassion

Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on three kinds of compassion.

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Statue of Kuan Yin.
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Taking and giving

How to practice tonglen, the taking-and-giving meditation.

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Ven. Chodron smiling and teaching in Russia.
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The benefits of bodhichitta

Bodhicitta—the aspiration for awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings—is the most noble intention…

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