bodhicitta
Bodhicitta is the mind dedicated to attaining awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. Included are explanations of bodhicitta, its advantages, and how to develop bodhicitta.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Reviewing the qualities of the Three Jewels
Reviewing the first chapter, focusing on the 8 qualities of each of the Three Jewels.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
How to help all beings
How developing bodhicitta enables us to use our life to benefit others.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The value of superknowledges
Describing the value of the Superknowledges, particularly for Bodhisattvas, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.
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Four types of srvaka aryas and eight liberations
Concluding the section on four types of śrāvaka āryas, and beginning the section on the…
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Meditative absorption on the four truths
Describing some of the different ways to overcome innate afflictions and progress on the path…
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A diagram illustrating attaining serenity
Explaining the diagram illustrating the process of attaining serenity, completing the teaching from Chapter 7.
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Five faults eight antidotes
Explaining the last three of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s…
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Monastic mind motivation
An explanation of the monastic mind motivation prayer and how it helps our practice.
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Try a little kindness
Why true compassion is based on equanimity and how to develop this positive quality.
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Understanding anger
Exploring the four vows of a Medicine Buddha and the disadvantages of anger.
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Medicine Buddha’s 12 vows
Addressing questions from the previous talk and exploring Medicine buddha's twelve vows.
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