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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Medicine Buddha sadhana
Continuing the explanation of the Medicine Buddha sadhana and answering questions about the practice.
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What’s love got to do with it?
Exploring the true meaning of happiness and how generating love for others helps us to…
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Benefits on meditating on the Buddha
Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for…
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Full transmission of the text
Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.
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Aspiring bodhicitta
Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.
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Twelve links of dependent arising
Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.
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Bodhicitta as the entranceway to advanced scope
Investigating the practices of superior beings and the importance of bodhicitta.
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Three scopes of Dharma practitioners
The three scopes of Dharma practitioners and how to integrate the six perfections into our…
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Key lamrim topics
An introduction to topics covered in this text plus the first verse and a brief…
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The power of the bodhisattva path
The importance of bodhicitta and two methods for developing it.
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The perfection of joyous effort
How to build a strong foundation for our spiritual practice with joyous effort.
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