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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

Happiness, Karma and Mind

May 11, 2023June 7, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 12 minutesA teaching given on how to gain happiness and the path to liberation from suffering during the Second Dharma Celebration, November 5th-8th 1982, New Delhi, India.

Categories HH Dalai Lama Tags happiness, karma, mind

What is Dharma?

May 12, 2026June 5, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesA compilation of advice about Dharma studies and practice

Categories Uncategorized Tags delusions, dharma practice, happiness, motivation

Chapter Five: The Third Point – Transforming Adverse Circumstances into the Path

May 12, 2026May 25, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 9 minutesA Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training

Categories Uncategorized Tags happiness, merit, sickness and health, suffering

Equalizing Ourselves with Others

May 11, 2023April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is an excerpt from a teaching by Ribur Rinpoche given at Watsonville, CA in June, 2002.

Categories Ribur Rinpoche Tags equilibrium, happiness, self-cherishing, suffering

Method, Wisdom and the Three Paths

May 11, 2023April 13, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 17 minutesGeshe Sopa gave this teaching at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre on July 30, 1980.

Categories Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Teachings From Tibet Tags happiness, ignorance, method, q&a, three principal aspects, wisdom

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