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 Creating the causes for bodhicitta in future rebirths
Four harmful factors that must be avoided and four beneficial factors to engage in to…
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The meditation on taking and giving
How visualizing taking on the suffering of others and giving them our happiness can be…
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The advantages of cherishing others
How to generate bodhicitta by changing in one's mind who is important and cherished: the…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
Working with the self-centered mind to increase happiness, one realizes the mind is dependent on…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A discussion of Shantideva's nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others as a method of…
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The seven-point cause-and-effect practice
Practices that develop the bodhicitta aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient…
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Seeking enlightenment for the benefit of others
Teaching on equanimity and bodhicitta from a series of talks on The Essence of Refined…
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Liberation from dukkha
The origin of dukkha and how the three higher trainings lead to liberation from cyclic…
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True origins
Exploration of the second noble truth including an in-depth look at the root afflictions and…
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Sufferings of cyclic existence
A realistic look at the defects of cyclic existence and the determination to be free.
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The truth of dukkha
Exploration of the first noble truth, the truth of dukkha: recognizing the defects of samsara,…
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Continuation of the discussion of karma
A tragic event near the Abbey introduces understanding how what happens in daily life affects…
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