The Lojong Mind Training Slogans
The lojong mind training slogans are brief, pith statements that serve as mindfulness reminders. Together, they form a mind training...
read moreIs there a difference between how awakened beings and ordinary beings perceive the world? According to the Buddha’s teachings there...
read moreThe Bodhisattva Vows Explained
In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva vow is taken when one has developed engaged bodhicitta and feels compelled to achieve full...
read morePrajnaparamita And The Four Extremes
The first or second-century BCE Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Stanzas) is among the world’s oldest...
read moreWhat Are The Five Buddhist Paths to Liberation?
In Mahayana Buddhism, the five paths and the ten levels map the journey to liberation and enlightenment. These Buddhist paths...
read moreWhat Is Emptiness in Buddhism?
The Meaning Of Emptiness In Buddhism Emptiness in Buddhism is the teaching that things are empty of self-existence. Things do...
read moreBodhicitta: The Ultimate Expression Of Compassion
Compassion and Bodhicitta Compassion and bodhicitta are related, but there is a difference between the two. Understanding how bodhicitta evolves...
read morePrajnaparamita Lama Lhundrup LL2024 TK7 In the journey of a bodhisattava, these different paramitas. And you know these transcendent qualities,...
read moreBuddha Nature, the Ever-Present Seed of Enlightenment
Understanding what Buddha nature is and what it isn’t In many of his later discourses, the Buddha taught that all...
read moreThe Two Kinds of Bodhicitta: Relative and Absolute
Bodhicitta, the awakened heart, compels us to follow the Buddhist path to the very end, to help free not just...
read moreHow our projections define our experience of the world A fundamental tenet of the Buddha’s teachings is that our experience...
read moreWhat Is The Middle Way in Buddhism?
The middle way is any path between two extremes. In Buddhism, the middle way has particular significance. It is a...
read moreWhat Are The 6 Perfections of Buddhism?
The Six Paramitas of Mahayana Buddhism Generally we hear the word ‘perfection’ and we want to run in the opposite...
read moreJS 2021 TK2A - Tonglen 1 In meditation, we have a very beautiful exercise to cultivate compassion and to increase...
read moreView, Meditation, Action: Synergy on the Buddhist Path
Any authentic spiritual path is a full package comprised of many complementary parts. In one traditional presentation of the Buddhist...
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