Three Principal Aspects of the Path (2002-07)
Teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path" given at various locations around the United States from 2002-2007.
The disadvantages of self-centeredness
Venerable Thubten Chodron The self-centered mind is one of the chief obstacles to our attaining liberation and enlightenment.
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The advantages of cherishing others
Our own enlightenment is dependent on each and every sentient being. When we abandon the selfish mind and begin to cherish others as we currently…
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Exchanging self and others
When we learn to place others' happiness above our own, we start to destroy the self-centeredness that is the cause of all our suffering.
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Taking and giving
The taking and giving meditation, or tonglen, reverses our usual attitude of placing ourselves first in line for happiness.
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Basis, path, and result
The aspects of the basis as the two truths, the path as the method and accumulation of merit, and the result as the form and…
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Basis, path, and result: Discussion
Question and answer session on the aspects of the basis, the path, and the result from the talk given on October 6th.
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What is important at the time of death
A guided meditation on imagining our own death. How to practice in preparation for death and what to practice at the time of death are…
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Advantages of renunciation
Explains the opening verses, and explains the importance and advantages of renunciation. Clarifies what renunciation is and is not.
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Renunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to develop true compassion for others.
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Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to suffering and wisdom eliminates suffering. The lineage of the teachings on emptiness.
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Negating inherent existence
The three levels of selflessness. Conventional and ultimate truths. The three levels of dependent arising.
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Progressing from wrong conceptions to correct view
How to use your meditation to move through the various stages of realizing emptiness, the correct view of reality. The meaning of "seeing things like…
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