Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Death is definite but time is uncertain
Explaining the first six points of the nine-point death meditation, teaching from Chapter 8.
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Mindfulness of death, faults and benefits
Completing Chapter 7, explaining the purpose of the gradual training and commencing Chapter 8, covering…
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Three types of persons
Explaining the three levels of practitioners and the reasons for the gradual stages, teaching from…
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Great value and rarity of a precious rebirth
Explaining the great value and the difficulty in having a precious human birth, teaching from…
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Identifying 18 freedoms and endowments, their great ...
Explaining 8 freedoms and 10 endowments for a precious human life, teaching from Chapter 6.
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Analytic and placement meditation
Explaining the misconceptions about analytical meditation and placement meditation and how to refute them, completing…
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What to do between sessions
Explaining the four causes to restrain the mind as what to do in the periods…
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What to do during the actual session
Explaining how to practice mediation in general, continuing the teaching from Chapter 5.
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The six preparatory practices
Explaining the six preparatory practices and describing the seven-limb prayer, from Chapter 5.
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Reliance on a teacher
Explaining the benefits of reliance and the faults of improper reliance in relation to the…
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The way to rely on a teacher
Leading a guided meditation on relating to a spiritual teacher in a healthy, realistic way…
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How to see the spiritual mentor
Explaining the characteristics of a student and describing how to develop faith and three ways…
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