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.
VIEW CATEGORYEssence of a Human Life
Short talks on a text by Lama Tsongkhapa on the practices of the initial scope practitioner.
VIEW CATEGORYEssence of Refined Gold
Teachings on the Third Dalai Lama's commentary on "Songs of Experience" by Lama Tsongkhapa.
VIEW CATEGORYEssential Spiritual Advice
Short talks on a text by the First Dalai Lama published in The 14 Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation.
VIEW CATEGORYGomchen Lamrim
Commentary on The Essence of All Eloquent Speech by the great meditator Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo.
VIEW CATEGORYLamrim Teachings 1991-94
Extensive commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa's Great Exposition on the Gradual Path to Enlightenment. (Lamrim Chenmo)
VIEW CATEGORYStages 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.
VIEW CATEGORYThree Principal Aspects of the Path
Teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's text on developing renunciation, bodhicitta, and wisdom.
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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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Mindfulness of death, faults and benefits
Completing Chapter 7, explaining the purpose of the gradual training and commencing Chapter 8, covering…
View PostThree types of persons
Explaining the three levels of practitioners and the reasons for the gradual stages, teaching from…
View PostGreat value and rarity of a precious rebirth
Explaining the great value and the difficulty in having a precious human birth, teaching from…
View PostIdentifying 18 freedoms and endowments, their great ...
Explaining 8 freedoms and 10 endowments for a precious human life, teaching from Chapter 6.
View PostAnalytic and placement meditation
Explaining the misconceptions about analytical meditation and placement meditation and how to refute them, completing…
View PostWhat to do between sessions
Explaining the four causes to restrain the mind as what to do in the periods…
View PostWhat to do during the actual session
Explaining how to practice mediation in general, continuing the teaching from Chapter 5.
View PostThe six preparatory practices
Explaining the six preparatory practices and describing the seven-limb prayer, from Chapter 5.
View PostReliance on a teacher
Explaining the benefits of reliance and the faults of improper reliance in relation to the…
View PostThe way to rely on a teacher
Leading a guided meditation on relating to a spiritual teacher in a healthy, realistic way…
View PostHow to see the spiritual mentor
Explaining the characteristics of a student and describing how to develop faith and three ways…
View PostThe importance of a teacher
Explaining the qualities of a spiritual mentor, continuing the teaching from Chapter 4.
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