Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Short talks on the stages of the path described in the Guru Puja text by the fourth Panchen Lama.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Ethics and precepts

The importance of taking precepts and a reminder that precepts are voluntarily taken and are…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

The pratimoksha vows

The various types of individual liberation vows and clarifying some confusion about the meaning and…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Desire and ill will

The first two of the five hindrances to concentration. How sensual desire and malice/ill will…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Dullness

The third of the five hindrances. Dullness and drowsiness and the antidotes to these hindrances.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Restlessness

Part one of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Remorse

Part two of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Doubt

The fifth of the five hindrances, doubt, and how to counteract it. The importance of…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Concentration and the five absorption factors

A brief description of serenity and the levels of concentration and how they relate to…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Five absorptions factors in brief

A brief description of each of the five absorption factors. How the pleasure we get…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Patience in developing serenity

How we cultivate the absorption factors along with cultivating serenity and the importance of patience…

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