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 Chodron Verse 7: Secured by the root of virtue
How the virtue we create secures us for good rebirths, liberation, and in this very…
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Leah Kosik - Jun 18, 2008
Leah Kosik Work retreat
Using the workplace as a springboard to noticing our mental state, being aware of any…
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Incarcerated people A simple act of kindness
A person in prison discusses how his practice has eased his experiences of unfair treatment.
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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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Verse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
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Verse 5-2: Creating the causes
The importance of cultivating the two sides of the path, method and wisdom, just as…
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Verse 5-1: Attaining the form buddha bodies
Planting the seeds to be able to attain the form body of the Buddha, the…
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Vesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
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Special verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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Verses 2-4: Review
Different ways of looking at verses 2-4, on an ordinary level and on a tantric…
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Verse 4: The sleep of ignorance
On waking up, thinking that we're coming out of ignorance, especially the ignorance grasping at…
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