Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Equanimity: The foundation of bodhicitta
Before we can cultivate love and compassion, we have to be able to get rid…
View PostThe benefits and causes of bodhicitta
How bodhicitta, our true friend and refuge, makes our lives more meaningful.
View PostThe advantages of bodhicitta
Why should we pursue the Buddhist ideal of being of benefit to all living beings?…
View PostThe middle way view
Examining emptiness and the misconception of the self existent, permanent self; the relationship of the…
View PostUltimate and conventional existence
The ultimate nature of emptiness within the three aspects of the path, discussion of ultimate…
View PostSufferings of cyclic existence
We can ground our intention to be free from the endless cycle of samsara by…
View PostInfallible effects of karma
Avoiding and purifying the negative karma created through the actions of our body, speech, and…
View PostGeneral characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
View PostImagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
View PostNine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
View PostRarity of a precious human rebirth
Contemplating the rarity of a precious human life complete with both the ability and the…
View PostPrecious human rebirth
How we can use our precious human life to advance ourselves on the Dharma path.
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