Obstacles

A downfall from the tantric vows requires transgressing one of the fourteen root vows with the four binding factors being complete. Several factors may cause us to transgress our vows.

Buddhist ethics offers a lot for people working in any social or helper profession that requires a great deal of knowledge and sensitivity to others.

The Tibetan word “damtsig,” “samaya” in Sanskrit, means “close bond.” It refers to practices that create a close bond between us and a Buddha-figure or our spiritual teacher.

Liberated beings (arhats) have attained a true stopping of all the emotional obscurations, but their mental continuums still contain the cognitive obscurations.

We need to exert effort to rid ourselves of all obstacles to concentration, such as flightiness and mental dullness, during whatever meditations we may be doing.

The Gelug assertions of the various ways in which tendencies and habits differ.

In “A Filigree of Realizations” (“Abhisamayalamkara”), Maitreya explains the progression of the five levels of mind we achieve that serve as pathways leading to liberation and enlightenment.

Our meditation practice requires us to first analyze and understand the Dharma in order to integrate it into ourselves.

Guidelines for effectively applying the Buddhist teachings to our lives so that they bring about positive results.

Learn what needs to be overcome in order to develop each of the three graded levels of motivation in lam-rim.