A Buddha has untainted aggregates, while arhats have tainted aggregates.

Overview of the Twenty-Two Trainings Last in our discussion is the seventh point, which consists of the list of the twenty-two trainings, or points that train the mind in cleansing our attitudes. The first of these trainings is: Do all yogas with one. This refers to, no...

The twelve links of dependent arising do not simply provide the theoretical structure explaining rebirth, they also indicate practical methods to prevent repeating self-destructive ways of acting.

The Three Objects and the Three Poisonous Attitudes The text continues with what we do after formal meditation on the tonglen giving and taking practice for developing relative bodhichitta. It says: (In regard to) the three objects, (take) the three poisonous attitudes and...

Quieting Down We started the training just briefly with the exercise for quieting the mind. When we say “quiet the mind,” that doesn’t mean to turn off everything like the radio is off, but rather it means to quiet down the unnecessary things that are going on in our mind so...

An overview of the practices for developing bodhichitta through equalizing and exchanging our attitudes about self and others.

We are going through the stages of meditation, leading up to the development of bodhichitta. We have gone through the process for developing mere equanimity, and we’re working through the nine stages for developing the uncommon Mahayana type of equanimity. The first type of...

The next set of three points concern developing uncommon Mahayana equanimity from the relative point of view of others.  Everyone Equally Wants to Be Happy and Not to Be Unhappy  The first of these is that everybody wants to be happy and nobody wants to be unhappy or...

The next step is called the development of “uncommon Mahayana equanimity” (thun-mong ma-yin-pa’i btang-snyom). This is the type of equanimity that we develop in equalizing and exchanging our attitude of ourselves and others. When we talk about equalizing our attitude toward...

“Kalmyk Mandala Magazine” interview with Dr. Berzin in 2008 on the basic principles of his work as a translator.