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 Perfections of concentration and wisdom
Examining the three types of meditative stabilization and the four types of wisdom.
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Complementary nature of the perfections
Examining how each of the six far-reaching practices work together to complement and support each…
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Cultivating joy and rest
A look at the last two of the four aspects of joyous effort: joy and…
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The four aspects of joyous effort
Examining the first two of the four aspects of joyous effort: Aspiration and steadfastness.
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Overcoming discouragement
Continuing to explore far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of discouragement and…
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The three types of laziness
Continuing to explore far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of laziness and…
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Far-reaching joyous effort
Investigating far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of joyous effort, its obstacles,…
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The far-reaching practice of patience
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the patience of voluntarily enduring difficulty…
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The patience of not retaliating
Exploring the patience of not retaliating by looking at the antidotes to anger.
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Anger and its antidotes
Continuing to explore the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the disadvantage of anger…
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Disadvantages of anger
A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…
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Ethics and the other perfections
How the far-reaching attitude of ethics is practiced in each of the other far-reaching attitudes.
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