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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

Four Noble Truths

May 12, 2026June 1, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 23 minutesTeachings about the four noble truths, bodhicitta, the five paths and ten levels, and the six perfections

Categories Uncategorized Tags aggregates, desire, four noble truths, ignorance, karma, suffering

Part One: Mind Training – Developing Emptiness

May 12, 2026May 31, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 45 minutesA commentary on the emptiness section of the Seven Point Mind Training text

Categories Uncategorized Tags cittamatra, dependent arising, emptiness (shunyata), four schools, four seals, grasping, I, ignorance, meditation, object of refutation, prasangika, selflessness, svatantrika

In Search of a Meaningful Life

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesThis teaching was given at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center, New Delhi, on July 4, 1979.

Categories Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags bodhicitta, dependent origination, ignorance, karma, materialism, patience, samsara (cyclic existence), 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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