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Lam-rim
46 Articles
Need of Lam-rim Initial Scope in Tantra
Introduction If we’ve received a tantric initiation, we usually commit to doing the associated practice every day for the rest of our lives. Many Tibetans take these empowerments with the motivation of planting seeds for their future lives, with no aim to really practice...
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The Need of Lam-rim for Practicing Tantra Effectively
The Basis for Bodhichitta: The First Two Lam-rim Stages
Introduction This weekend I’d like to speak about bodhichitta, specifically about the two bodhichittas – relative and deepest – and the necessity or importance of developing both of them, and how we work with the two of them together. First we need to understand the context...
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Joint Practice of Conventional and Deepest Bodhichittas
How and Why to Follow the Graded Buddhist Path
What Is Lam-rim and How Did It Derive from Buddha’s Teachings? The graded path, lam-rim, is a way to access and integrate the basic Buddhist teachings into our lives. Buddha lived 2,500 years ago, with a community of monks, and later on, a community of nuns. He not only taught...
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Introduction to the Graded Path
Overcoming Obstacles with the Initial Scope Lam-rim Teachings
Introduction Tomorrow is the Buddhist holiday known as Lhabab Duchen in Tibetan, or the Descent from the Heaven of the Thirty-three in English. The best way to celebrate this special day is to have a Buddhist teaching on the four noble truths, the first teaching that the...
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Overcoming Obstacles to Realizing Renunciation, Bodhichitta and Emptiness
How to Integrate the Lam-rim Graded Stages into Life
Introduction to the Structure of the Three Graded Levels of Motivation “Lam-rim” is a Tibetan term often translated as the “graded path to enlightenment,” but it’s not talking about a path we walk on. “Path” here actually refers to a state of mind that acts as a pathway that...
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Self-Transformation through the Lam-rim Graded Stages
7-Part Bodhichitta: The Lam-rim Basis
Dharma-Lite vs. The Real Thing Dharma I’m very happy to be back here in Seattle once more and to have the opportunity to speak to you about the meditations for developing bodhichitta.I suppose that it would be appropriate to give an introduction. Bodhichitta is something that...
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The Seven-Part Cause & Effect Development of Bodhichitta
Developing Interest in Benefiting Future Lives
Background of the Text This text was written by Atisha, a great Indian master who lived about 1,000 years ago. He had been to study in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra. He had made a long, very difficult journey there. Buddhism had spread there long before, and he went...
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Commentary on “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment” – Dr. Berzin
Taking the Path Seriously
Is Ordinary Life Satisfying? What is most important in following the lam-rim graded path is to take it very seriously. To take something seriously doesn’t mean to be grim and not be happy about it or not to joke about it sometimes in the process of studying. It doesn’t mean...
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Studying the Lam-rim Graded Path
Four Placements of Close Mindfulness & Four Noble Truths
Introduction: The Lam-Rim Graded Stages and Levels of Motivation This evening we’re going to start our seminar on a very vital topic. The topic is how to meditate on the voidness of a false “me” experiencing the four noble truths. That sounds complicated and it is complicated....
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Refuting the False Me Experiencing the Four Noble Truths
Starting a Meditation Session & Precious Human Rebirth
Reaffirming the Motivation We need to have a proper motivation for listening to the teachings; otherwise we will miss an opportunity to build up a great deal of positive force and to incorporate this teaching in our mental continuum. We try not to be motivated by wanting...
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Commentary on “Mind Training Like the Rays of the Sun” – The Dalai Lama
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