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 Advantages of cherishing others
Examining the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the many advantages of cherishing others.
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Disadvantages of self-centeredness
As we begin to work through our resistance to the practice of equalizing the self…
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Equalizing self and other
Equalizing self and other by examining them on the conventional and ultimate level.
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Generating bodhicitta
Concluding an exploration of the seven-point cause-and-effect meditation by looking at how compassion and the…
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Generating love and compassion
Continuing the exploration of the seven-point cause and effect meditation by looking at heart-warming love…
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Repaying the kindness of our mother
Continuing an exploration of the seven-point cause and effect meditation by looking at repaying the…
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The kindness of our mothers
Beginning an exploration of the seven-point cause and effect meditation by looking at how all…
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Bodhicitta: Advantages and prerequisites
More of the many advantages of bodhicitta as well as how to cultivate equanimity, a…
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The altruistic intention
An examination of the practices in common with advanced level practitioners starts by first considering…
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Freeing ourselves from samsara
The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…
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Path to liberation
The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…
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The 12 links and the four noble truths
We die because we are born. To cease the cycle of death and rebirth, cease…
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