The Nectar of Bodhicitta

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868934
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Book Synopsis The Nectar of Bodhicitta by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book The Nectar of Bodhicitta written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2021-09-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LYWA director Nick Ribush writes: The story behind this book is that in the early Kopan Monastery courses, Lama Zopa Rinpoche would start his day’s teachings by quoting a verse from Shantideva’s or Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s seminal texts, giving a short teaching on it and then suggesting that students use it to generate a bodhicitta motivation for the day’s activities (mainly teachings, meditations and discussion groups but also ordinary activities such as eating, talking, walking around and so forth). Since those days I’ve always thought that a compilation of these short teachings would make a great book, and finally, here it is. Editor Gordon McDougall has assembled Rinpoche's teachings into two parts, sorted by author of the verses and arranged thematically. In Part One, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on selected verses from Khunu Lama Rinpoche's Jewel Lamp, now published as Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea. Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises, "Understanding and constantly reminding ourselves of the skies of benefits that bodhicitta brings is unbelievably worthwhile. This is the overall purpose of Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s book, to cause us to feel inspired and joyful that such a mind is possible." In Part Two, Rinpoche teaches on verses from the first chapter of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. These verses describe the amazing benefits of developing the precious mind of bodhicitta, the supreme cause of happiness for all sentient beings.

Everflowing Nectar of Bodhicitta eBook

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Download or read book Everflowing Nectar of Bodhicitta eBook written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by FPMT. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone can do this practice. However, you are permitted to generate yourself as Thousand-Armed Chenrezig only if you have received the appropriate initiation. Otherwise, you should visualize Thousand-Armed Chenrezig above your head or in front of you. Composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this is a practice of 1,000 armed Chenrezig with the recitation of OM MANI PADME HUM, based on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation. Lama Zopa Rinpoche says: “There are many people whose minds are totally confused and whose lives are full of problems, with them experiencing hundreds of sufferings. What they want is peace, but what they are doing is throwing themselves over the precipice into the three lower realms. I thought, therefore, that it would be beneficial if such people could at least see a short text such as this on the profound method of thought training—how to transform all undesired suffering into happiness and the path to enlightenment. “So, I have put this text together and added a visualization of the merit field and a motivation according to the teachings of the highly accomplished, learned yogis. Precious bodhicitta teachings such as these are priceless; the benefits they bring could never be bought by even countless galaxies full of wish-fulfilling jewels.” 2020 edition.

Bodhichitta

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614295794
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Bodhichitta written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist teacher, explains the philosophy and practice of Bodhichitta, the aspiration to help all beings reach enlightenment. Meditation instructions are included"--

Everflowing Nectar of Bodhicitta EBook

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ISBN 13 : 9781005851842
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Teachings from Tibet

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868152
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Book Synopsis Teachings from Tibet by : Nicholas Ribush

Download or read book Teachings from Tibet written by Nicholas Ribush and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2005 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) is the collected works of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. The Archive was founded in 1996 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, its spiritual director, to make available in various ways the teachings it contains. This compilation text contains teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, Song Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Geshe Rabten, Gomchen Khampala, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, Gehlek Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

How to Generate Bodhicitta

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868578
Total Pages : 71 pages
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Book Synopsis How to Generate Bodhicitta by : Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche

Download or read book How to Generate Bodhicitta written by Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of Buddha's 84,000 teachings is bodhicitta: the awakening mind that aspires towards enlightenment so as to have the perfect ability to free all beings from suffering and lead them to peerless happiness. On his two visits to Singapore in 1997, Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche taught extensively on how to generate that precious bodhimind. Using scriptural understanding and his personal experience, Rinpoche also gave insightful teachings on lo-jong (thought transformation), the practice of which enables one to transform the inevitable problems of life into the causes for enlightenment. This ebook was designed & published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC). We are non-profit Buddhist organizations affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).

The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 159030439X
Total Pages : 508 pages
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Download or read book The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech written by Kun-bzaṅ-dpal-ldan (Mkhan-po.) and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an authoritative, comprehensive explanation of Shantideva's classic Tibetan Buddhist text, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'.

Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

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Publisher : Tharpa Publications US
ISBN 13 : 0948006889
Total Pages : 223 pages
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Book Synopsis Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by : Śāntideva

Download or read book Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life written by Śāntideva and published by Tharpa Publications US. This book was released on 2002 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the verses slowly, while contemplating their meaning, has a profoundly liberating effect on the mind. The poem invokes special positive states of mind, moving us from suffering and conflict to happiness and peace, and gradually introduces us to the entire path to attaining the supreme inner peace of enlightenment, the real meaning of our human life.

Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861716671
Total Pages : 160 pages
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Book Synopsis Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea by : Khunu

Download or read book Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea written by Khunu and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered by many--especially His Holiness the Dalai Lama--as the very embodiment of altruism, the late Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen devoted his life to the development of bodhicitta--the aspiration to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Presented in both English and the original Tibetan, this modern classic is a collection of Khunu Rinpoche's inspirational verse.

A Guide to the Bodhisattava's Way of Life

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Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN 13 : 8185102597
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (851 download)

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Book Synopsis A Guide to the Bodhisattava's Way of Life by : Shantideva

Download or read book A Guide to the Bodhisattava's Way of Life written by Shantideva and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) holds a unique place in Mahayana Buddhism akin to that of the Dhammapada in Hinayana Buddhism and the Bhagavadgita in Hinduism. In combining those rare qualities of scholastic precision, spiritual depth and poetical beauty, its appeal extends to a wide audience of Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Composed in India during the 8th century of the Christian era, it has since been an inspiration to millions of people throughout the world. This present translation by Stephen Batchelor is based upon a 12th century Tibetan commentary as orally explained by Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. The ninth chapter on wisdom has been expanded for this edition with relevant commentarial passages.

Virtue & Reality

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868403
Total Pages : 95 pages
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Book Synopsis Virtue & Reality by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book Virtue & Reality written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 1998 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains methods for transforming everyday actions into the cause of enlightenment, anger into patience, and the ordinary view of phenomena as inherently existent into the wisdom realizing emptiness. It also includes several meditations led by Rinpoche, although everything in the book is a topic for meditation.It would be hard to find a simpler, clearer, more practical explanation of the two fundamental paths of compassion and wisdom than the one Lama Zopa offers us here.

Food of Bodhisattvas

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590301161
Total Pages : 159 pages
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Book Synopsis Food of Bodhisattvas by : Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol

Download or read book Food of Bodhisattvas written by Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2004-08-10 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the teachings of the Buddha, this book offers the most compelling and impassioned indictment of meat-eating to be found in Tibetan literature and is pertinent to anyone interested in vegetarianism as a moral or spiritual issue. The Buddha's teachings show how destructive habits can be examined and transformed gradually from within. The aim is not to repress one's desire for meat and animal products by force of will, but to develop heartfelt compassion and sensitivity to the suffering of animals, so that the desire to exploit and feed on them naturally dissolves. There are two texts presented here. One is an excerpt from Shabkar's Book of Marvels, consisting of quotations from the Buddhist scriptures and the teachings of masters of Tibetan Buddhism that argue against the consumption of meat, with Shabkar's commentary. The second, the Nectar of Immortality , is Shabkar's discourse on the importance of developing compassion for animals.

How to Practice Dharma

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868284
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Book Synopsis How to Practice Dharma by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book How to Practice Dharma written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expanded edition contains both of the very popular Lama Yeshe booklets, Becoming Your Own Therapist and Make Your Mind an Ocean.Becoming Your Own TherapistFirst published in 1998, this booklet contains three public talks by Lama Yeshe on the general topic of Buddhism. Each lecture is followed by a question and answer session. Lama and his audiences always enjoyed the give and take of these lively exchanges, and pretty much anything went. Although these talks were called lectures, Lama would have each of us use them as a mirror for our minds and look beyond the words, find ourselves, and become our own psychologist.Make Your Mind an OceanThe talks in this booklet are on the general topic of the mind. Two were lunchtime lectures at Melbourne and Latrobe Universities. One was an evening lecture given to the general public. Perhaps of greatest interest is the lecture entitled "A Buddhist Approach to Mental Illness." Lama presented this talk to a group of psychiatrists at Prince Henry's Hospital who were delighted to meet and question Lama, and this historic exchange underscores the difference between Western and Buddhist concepts of mental health.

Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhicitta in Daily Activities eBook

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Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhicitta in Daily Activities eBook written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by FPMT. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhicitta in Daily Activities, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shows us how to take the essence of our precious human life by transforming our everyday activities—such as sitting down, standing up, washing, and dressing—into causes for enlightenment by undertaking them with the bodhicitta motivation to benefit all sentient beings. Please download and print beautiful bodhichitta mindfulness cards from FPMT Foundation Store (designed by and courtesy of Sandy Carlson and Donna Seese, Kadampa Center). 2021 edition.

Yoga of Offering Food

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Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868128
Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book Yoga of Offering Food written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2003 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the things we do -- eating, walking, washing, working, talking -- everything can become very powerful methods for quickly achieving enlightenment. Through the Mahayana practice of offering the food we eat which is based on the Hinayana and adorned with the Vajrayana our lives become most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for all sentient beings. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting us online! Thank you so much, and please enjoy this ebook.

Activating Bodhicitta: The Awakening Mind and Meditation on Compassion

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Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN 13 : 8186470522
Total Pages : 41 pages
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Book Synopsis Activating Bodhicitta: The Awakening Mind and Meditation on Compassion by : His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Download or read book Activating Bodhicitta: The Awakening Mind and Meditation on Compassion written by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ACTIVATING BODHICHITTA There is no more powerful mind than bodhicitta. There is no more joyous mind than bodhicitta. For the accomplishment of one's own ultimate purpose, the awakening mind is supreme, and to accomplish the purpose of all other living beings there is nothing superior to bodhicitta. The awakening mind is the unsurpassable way to collect merit. To purify obstacles bodhicitta is supreme. For protection from interferences bodhicitta is supreme. It is the unique, all-encompassing method. Every kind of ordinary and supra-mundane power can be accomplished through bodhicitta. Thus, it is absolutely precious. Even though we personally may find difficulty in immediate and thorough generation of such a mind, we should at least direct our thoughts towards it. To train our mind in such an ultimately altruistic manner from the very beginning of our practice of Dharma is vitally important. MEDITATION ON COMPASSION "The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara: A Source of all Powerful Attainments” All beings wish to be happy and free from misery. Although scientific development, modern weapons and abundant material progress may alleviate the temporary effects of dissatisfaction, such external means can never totally eradicate its fundamental cause. The true solution is to cultivate deep human compassion, love and respect for others. By cultivating such altruistic and beneficial attributes, the cause of suffering, self-cherishing, will gradually diminish. This, in turn, will promote unity and harmony among human beings of all nations. Although compassion is cultivated in one's own mind, the embodiment of it is the deity known as Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chän-rä-zig). The various aspects that are visualized in meditation practices and represented in images and paintings are merely the interpretative forms of Avalokitebhvara, whereas the actual definitive form is compassion itself. “The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara: a Source of all Powerful Attainments” sādhana was composed by the XIV Dalai Lama when he was nineteen years of age and was first printed in Tibet in the Wood-Horse year (1954).

A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611804671
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle written by Asanga and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full translation of an important Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise with a commentary by the famous Tibetan luminary Jamgön Mipham. A monumental work and Indian Buddhist classic, the Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra) is a precious resource for students wishing to study in-depth the philosophy and path of Mahāyāna Buddhism. This full translation and commentary outlines the importance of Mahāyāna, the centrality of bodhicitta or the mind of awakening, the path of becoming a bodhisattva, and how one can save beings from suffering through skillful means. This definitive composition of Mahāyāna teachings was imparted in the fourth century by Maitreya to the famous adept Asaṅga, one of the most prolific writers of Buddhist treatises in history. Asaṅga’s work, which is among the famous Five Treatises of Maitreya, has been studied, commented upon, and taught by Buddhists throughout Asia ever since it was composed. In the early twentieth century, one of Tibet’s greatest scholars and saints, Jamgön Mipham, wrote A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle, which is a detailed explanation of every verse. This commentary has since been used as the primary blueprint for Tibetan Buddhists to illuminate the depth and brilliance of Maitreya’s pith teachings. The Padmakara Translation Group has provided yet another accessible and eloquent translation, ensuring that English-speaking students of Mahāyāna will be able to study this foundational Buddhist text for generations to come.