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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 13: The nourishment of samadhi

Deep samadhi nourishes the mind and body enabling great meditators to spend more time meditating…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 12: The nectar of wisdom

The different kinds of wisdom as we progress along the path. The analogies of wisdom…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 11: The fire of wisdom

An explanation of the analogy of wisdom with fire, a fire that eradicates the afflictions…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 10-3: Meditating on emptiness

The various levels of subduing the afflictions, from avoiding the object, to developing samadhi, and…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 10-2: Counteracting the defilements

The different ways of counteracting the defilements, particularly the afflictions. The importance of not just…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 10-1: The fuel of the passions

How we ignorantly grasp at the afflictions, the importance of recognizing how we exaggerate, and…

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Interfaith Dialogue
  • Placeholder Image Sister Leslie Lund, OCDH, Carmelite Sisters of Mary

Christ the divine physician sadhana

A Carmelite hermit nun shares her perspective on incorporating a Buddhist practice.

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Dharma in Action

How to live in modern times

A Buddhist perspective on contemporary issues ranging from fundamentalism to the environment.

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Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva meditation and recitation

An explanation by Lati Rinpoche of the purification practice of the Vajrasattva sadhana, including the…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 6-2: Consideration for others

Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…

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