Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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The eight worldly concerns
How to work with mental obstacles that keep us from practicing the Dharma.
View PostRenunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we see the problems of cyclic…
View PostThe preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
View PostThe Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
View PostAuxiliary bodhisattva vows: Vows 18-21
The auxiliary vows to overcome obstacles to the far-reaching attitude of patience and joyous effort.
View PostRight effort, view, and thought
Concluding the teachings on the the eightfold noble path by looking at right effort, right…
View PostRight concentration and effort
Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.
View PostRight mindfulness
Examining the eightfold noble path through mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and phenomena.
View PostRight action and livelihood
Examining the eightfold noble path through right action and right livelihood.
View PostEstablishing selflessness
Investigating the way things appear and how they actually exist.
View PostEightfold noble path
An overview of the eightfold noble path as well as an in-depth look at right…
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