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 The bodhisattva precepts: Part 2
Commentary on the auxiliary bodhisattva vows and how they help us to practice the six…
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The bodhisattva precepts: Part 1
What it means to take and observe the bodhisattva vows. Explanation of the 18 root…
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The protection of the aspiring bodhicitta precepts
How to cultivate the spirit of aspiring bodhicitta and maintain it without degeneration.
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Exchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta
The disadvantages of self-centeredness, the benefits of cherishing others, and how these meditations lead us…
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Nine-point meditation for equalizing self and others
The nine points to meditate on to generate the attitude that sees others and one…
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Meditating to generate bodhicitta
In the seven-point cause and effect method of generating bodhicitta the six causes lead to…
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Meditating to generate love and compassion
Meditating to expand heart-warming love and compassion to include all beings.
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The wish to repay the kindness of all beings
Seeing the kindness of all beings leads to the wish to repay their kindness which…
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Seeing all beings as having been our kind mother
Two meditations to move us beyond the appearances of this life and see that all…
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Equanimity: Changing our conceptions of others
Developing equanimity means changing our view of others and how we categorize them as friend,…
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Developing equanimity
Developing equal care and concern for others sets the foundation for cultivating bodhicitta.
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The eightfold path
Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit…
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