Search results for “foundation of all good qualities

Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR10 Noble Eightfold Path

Eightfold noble path

An overview of the eightfold noble path as well as an in-depth look at right…

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Many statutes of bodhisattvas.
LR13 Bodhisattva Ethical Restraints

Root bodhisattva vows: Vows 14 to 18

Commentary on the last five of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows including the four binding…

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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

Generating bodhicitta

Concluding an exploration of the seven-point cause-and-effect meditation by looking at how compassion and the…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Freeing ourselves from samsara

The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Path to liberation

The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…

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LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Pride and ignorance

The seven types of pride and their antidotes, and the three types of ignorance.

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

The first noble truth: Dukkha

Considering the four noble truths in terms of the three levels of practitioner, and looking…

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

Life without sila is like a car without brakes

The importance of sila, or ethical conduct, from a Theravadan perspective.

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Abbey guest receiving a tsa-tsa from Venerable Chodron.
LR07 Refuge

The practice of refuge

Having taken refuge, how to practice it by respecting the Buddha, the Dharma, and the…

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Abbey retreatants waiting for Venerable to arrive for a teaching.
LR07 Refuge

Benefits of having taken refuge

We become Buddhists, establish the foundation for all further vows. Eliminate negative and accumulate positive…

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Venerables Semkye and Chonyi preparing offerings in front of the Abbey altar.
LR07 Refuge

Objects of refuge

Why take refuge? The meaning of refuge, the objects of refuge, and the relevance of…

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