Review This morning, we discussed the ground floor level of, or basis for, the seven-part cause and effect meditation for generating a bodhichitta aim. We saw that this is equanimity, the type of equanimity with which we are free of attachment or attraction to some, aversion...

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...

Mental Activity as Clear Light Many Buddhist texts describe the nature of mind – in other words, the nature of mental activity – as "clear light." Clear light, however, is merely an analogy. It does not mean that we possess, literally, a light source deep inside, like a...

Tips to help us overcome anger, and provide inner peace when times get tough.

Ways we can make our lives happier.

In Exercise Two, we relied on a line of reasoning to generate one of the ingredients of balanced sensitivity, a caring attitude. In Exercise Three, we imagined our mental activity containing all the necessary qualities. In Exercise Four, we accessed a basis level of some of...

Review In our discussion about how to equalize our attitudes about ourselves, we have covered the various exercises to help us to develop equanimity – equanimity specifically aimed at ourselves in terms of what we’ve done in life, in terms of how we regard ourselves and treat...

Learn how to balance the intellectual, the emotional and the devotional approach we have toward the Dharma.

Verses 32 through 37 Not Speaking of the Faults of Others We’ve been going through Gyalse Togme Zangpo’s 37 Bodhisattva Practices, and we got up to verse 31. Now, we’ll go through the rest of the text. (32) A bodhisattva’s practice is not to speak about the faults of a person...

Atisha presents in poetic form the most essential guidelines for how to live one’s life as a bodhisattva in the tradition of mind training (lojong).