Lam-rim

Vajrasattva practice is a tantric meditation done for the purification of negative karmic potentials. On an ultimate level, Vajrasattva practice is non-conceptual meditation on voidness.

Tsongkhapa offers verses of request for inspiration to follow the lam-rim graded path from its foundation, a healthy relation with a spiritual teacher, through the two stages of tantra, all the way to enlightenment.

The graded stages of the path (lam-rim) lead to better rebirths, liberation and enlightenment, but can also apply to improving this lifetime as well.

The lam-rim, or graded stages of the Buddhist path, take us from an ordinary limited being to a fully enlightened Buddha.

The “self” is very central to the Buddhist spiritual path. In this series, we explore how lam-rim practice helps us to develop a healthy sense of “me” and rid ourselves of identification with an inflated “me.”

The foundation for developing all good qualities is learning and applying the basic lam-rim teachings to our lives.

How to practice tantra effectively using the three levels of motivation as found within the lam-rim teachings.

An explanation of “Seven Point Mind Training” with elaboration on points from the lam-rim graded path.

Atisha introduces the three graded scopes of motivation leading to enlightenment.

The lam-rim graded path includes the pathways of renunciation, a bodhichitta aim and an understanding of emptiness.