Stages of the Path

Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Learn to meditate on the stages of the path to awakening through teachings this text by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen.

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Essence of a Human Life

Short talks on a text by Lama Tsongkhapa on the practices of the initial scope practitioner.

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Essence of Refined Gold

Teachings on the Third Dalai Lama's commentary on "Songs of Experience" by Lama Tsongkhapa.

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Essential Spiritual Advice

Short talks on a text by the First Dalai Lama published in The 14 Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Commentary on The Essence of All Eloquent Speech by the great meditator Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo.

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Lamrim Teachings 1991-94

Extensive commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa's Great Exposition on the Gradual Path to Enlightenment. (Lamrim Chenmo)

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Short talks on the stages of the path described in the Guru Puja text by the fourth Panchen Lama.

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's text on developing renunciation, bodhicitta, and wisdom.

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Middle-Length Lamrim with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2023-present)

Ongoing teachings on the Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Lama Tsongkhapa. Streamed live on the Sravasti Abbey YouTube channel on Thursday mornings at 9 am Pacific Time.

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Selected Lamrim Topics (2012)

Teachings on selected topics from the stages of the path to awakening (lamrim) given at Sravasti Abbey from October 18 to December 20, 2012.

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Details of the five faults and eight antidotes

Detecting the obstacles to serenity and counteracting them.

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Defining and recognizing laxity and excitement

Understanding two obstacles to developing serenity.

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Clarity and stability

Developing the two factors of concentration.

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Identifying objects for developing śamatha

Describing the objects to use for developing concentration.

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Preparatory practices, posture & stages of śamatha

The conditions and preparations for meditation practice.

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How the order of śamatha and insight is definite

Why both need to be cultivated and the order of development.

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Review of the perfection of wisdom

Review and discussion of the perfection of wisdom.

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Review of the perfection of meditative stabilization

How meditative stabilization benefits ourselves and others.

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Review of the perfection of joyous effort

How to cultivate joyous effort and overcome laziness.

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Review of the perfection of patience

How to cultivate the three types of fortitude.

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Review of perfection of generosity

How to practice generosity and overcome hindrances to it.

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Cultivating śamatha and special insight

How to train in the last two perfections.

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