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

The far-reaching practice of generosity

The benefits of generosity as taught by Nagarjuna and what makes it a far-reaching practice.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 40-2: Three kinds of faith

An explanation of clear faith, aspiring faith, and convinced faith, and how they build upon…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 40-1: Faith in the Three Jewels

What faith means in a Buddhist context, seeing the good qualities in something that is…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 38: Representations of the Buddha

How to think while looking at, or observing others looking at, representations of the Buddha.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 37: Discussing the teachings

The importance of practicing the teachings and experiencing them, and what makes a good teacher…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 36-4: Praising the buddhas and bodhisattvas

How we practice praising the buddhas and bodhisattvas by recollecting the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 36-2: Other people’s qualities

How there is nothing from the side of another person that makes them attractive (or…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 36-1: Praising others

How we practice both refuge and bodhicitta in order to learn to see the good…

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