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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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 30-2: The bliss of a buddha

The meaning of the term "the bliss of the Buddha." Considering the removal of the…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 30-1: Happiness

Cultivating dissatisfaction with samsara and striving to attain the happiness of the buddhas. How this…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 29: Dissatisfaction with samsara

Why bodhisattvas pray for all beings to become dissatisfied with worldly things. The proper type…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 28: Joy in the teachings

Benefiting ourselves by taking joy in others' good qualities, and especially rejoicing at others' joy…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 27: Empty containers

Transforming the appearance of an empty container into the wish that all beings be empty…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-3: Reducing jealousy and anger

Reducing anger and jealousy by imagining all other sentient beings being filled with good qualities.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-2: Filling containers

The importance of generating our motivation before doing an action to make even neutral actions…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-1: Filled with good qualities

Seeing filled containers with a generous mind and wishing good qualities for others.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-2: Ascetic practices

A description and the purposes of 12 ascetic practices that the Buddha allowed.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-1: Without ornaments

A practice to transform whatever we encounter, so that it’s not related to ego.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 24-1: Wearing ornaments

Being adorned by inner qualities of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, meditative stabilization, and…

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