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Generating the Mind of Enlightenment

September 26, 2023September 7, 2023 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 17 minutesA teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta), May 7, 1998, Washington, New Jersey.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags bodhicitta, buddhism, compassion, emptiness (shunyata), enlightenment, happiness, ignorance

Bodhisattva Vows

September 20, 2023May 19, 2023 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 13 minutesKhen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup gave this teaching on the eighteen root bodhisattva vows at the 20th Kopan Course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1987.

Categories Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup Tags bodhicitta, bodhisattva, enlightenment, q&a, vows

Taking Refuge

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 37 minutesLama Zopa Rinpoche gave this teaching at a refuge ceremony held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, on April 1, 1995.

Categories Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Tags bodhicitta, buddha nature, enlightenment, lam-rim (path to enlightenment), perfect human rebirth, refuge, sickness and health

Chapter One: Motivation

May 12, 2026May 25, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 6 minutesA Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training

Categories Uncategorized Tags dharma practice, enlightenment, motivation

A Commentary on Right Effort

February 13, 2024April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesA teaching by Geshe Lama Konchog on applying the force of right effort to our practice given at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore.

Categories Geshe Lama Konchog Tags bodhisattva, enlightenment, generosity (charity), lower realms, retreat, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering

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