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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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Close-up of orange-colored face of smiling Buddha.
LR13 Bodhisattva Ethical Restraints

Commitments of aspiring bodhicitta

Generating the two types of bodhicitta: aspiring and engaging. How to protect our bodhicitta from…

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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

Equalizing self and other

Equalizing self and other by examining them on the conventional and ultimate level.

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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

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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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

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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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

The altruistic intention

An examination of the practices in common with advanced level practitioners starts by first considering…

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Photo of The Wheel of Life.
LR11 Twelve Links of Dependent Arising

The wheel of life

Being aware of death while we are alive helps us distinguish what's important. Living each…

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

Death and the bardo

Why death occurs, how important it is to clear up our relationships with others now,…

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

Causes of the afflictions

How wrong friends, the media, and the force of habit can stir up our afflictions…

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

Unsatisfactoriness of god realms

Understanding why the god realms are unsatisfactory helps us understand that rebirth in any realm…

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