Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Heartwarming love
The fourth step in the seven-point cause and effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Guided metta…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Gomchen Lamrim review: The truth of dukkha
A review of the three, eight, and six types of dukkha of beings in cyclic…
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Seeing all sentient beings as having been our kind m...
The first three points of the seven-point cause-and-effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Proving rebirth through…
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Equanimity—freedom from bias
The categories of friend, enemy and stranger come from our own mind. How to reflect…
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The causes of bodhicitta
The causes to create in order to develop bodhicitta, the altruistic intention. The importance of…
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The vast benefits of bodhicitta
By reflecting on it's benefits we will be inspired to create the causes to develop…
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Three types of compassion
Continued commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to great compassion, explaining three ways to observe sentient beings…
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Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion
The teachings for the advanced level practitioner begins with a commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to…
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The 37 harmonies with awakening, part 2
The 37 harmonies continued with explanation of the seven factors of enlightenment and the eightfold…
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The 37 harmonies with awakening
The 37 harmonies are a fundamental practice of the middle scope and are practiced by…
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Generating renunciation
Renunciation is one of the milestones to awakening. The measure of having produced the mind…
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Taking rebirth from the intermediate state
The transition from the intermediate state to a new rebirth based on explanations in the…
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