Stages of the Path

Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.

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Geshe Sopa smiling very happily.
LR04 Relying on a Spiritual Teacher

Disadvantages of improper reliance

The first two disadvantages of not properly relying on or abandoning the spiritual teacher.

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Venerables Samten and Jampa prostrating in front of the Abbey altar.
LR03 The Six Preparatory Practices

Visualizing the merit field and offering the seven-l...

How to set up the meditation session by doing the refuge visualization, contemplating the four…

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Altar in a shrine room.
LR03 The Six Preparatory Practices

Obtaining offerings properly and setting the right p...

Further instruction on how to make offerings, and a commentary on the third preparatory practice:…

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Venerable Chodron offering incense.
LR03 The Six Preparatory Practices

Preparing the meditation space and making offerings

Instructions on the first two preparatory practices for a meditation session: (1) cleaning the room…

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Thangka image of a Buddha.
LR02 Introduction to the Lamrim

Basic Buddhist topics

An overview of topics such as the mind, rebirth, cyclic existence, and enlightenment, as an…

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Thangka image of a Buddha.
LR02 Introduction to the Lamrim

How teachings should be studied and taught

Cultivating the qualities, attitudes, and motivations that make the student's mind receptive and the teacher's…

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Thangka image of Shantarakshita.
LR01 Lamrim Outline

Lamrim outline: Intermediate

A detailed outline of the practices of an intermediate level practitioner: the four noble truths…

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Thangka image of Shantarakshita.
LR01 Lamrim Outline

Lamrim outline: Initial

A detailed outline of the practices of an initial level practitioner: remembering death, the lower…

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