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 Visualizing sentient beings
How to visualize other sentient beings as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of taking…
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Visualizing the Three Jewels
How to visualize the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro)…
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Visualizing the Buddha
Commentary on a verse from the Lama Chӧpa Jorchӧ Puja on how to visualize the…
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Visualizing the merit field
How to visualize the merit field of holy beings as part of the preliminary practice…
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Taking refuge in the guru
How to take refuge in the guru as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of…
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Unfortunate rebirths
How Buddhist teachings on lower realms differ from theistic religions, and the importance of creating…
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Death and refuge
How contemplating death and impermanence can lead us to taking refuge in the Three Jewels.
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Death time and our body
The importance of cultivating a healthy relationship with our body.
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Death time and relationships
Considering the people in our lives, the karma we create in relationship with them, and…
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Death time and possessions
Considering how our possessions will not be of help at the time of death, that…
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The time of death is indefinite
A continuation of the nine-point death meditation, considering how our time of death is indefinite,…
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Death is definite
Beginning to discuss the nine-point death meditation. How thinking about death is important and how…
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