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December 2023

December 11, 2023

Make Life Meaningful

"Now that I have this great ship, a precious human life, so hard to obtain,...

October 2023

October 10, 2023

Six Transcendent Virtues

In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition we are encouraged to cultivate six transcendent virtues, the paramitas....

September 2023

September 20, 2023

The Tenfold Virtuous Path (feat. Nagarjuna)

In his “Letter to a Friend” Nagarjuna references a teaching called “The Tenfold Virtuous...

September 19, 2023

Nagarjuna’s Six Things to Recall

Nagarjuna lived in the first century. He’s sometimes called a Second Buddha because his impact...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

Shantideva Had No Friends

I'm going to tell you a story. Shantideva is a fascinating figure in Buddhist history....

May 2020

May 15, 2020

37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (video series)

I did a series of daily talks during the Covid-19 lockdown. I wanted to do...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

37 Practices: Don’t Say Anything

This text "the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva" is a concise text written by a...

January 22, 2018

37 Practices: Let it Go

This text "the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva" is a concise text written by a...

January 17, 2018

37 Practices: Put Them Above You

This text "the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva" is a concise text written by a...

January 15, 2018

37 Practices: Give Rise to Awakening Mind

This text "the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva" is a concise text written by a...

January 10, 2018

37 Practices: Going For Refuge

This text "the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva" is a concise text written by a...

January 01, 2018

37 Practices of A Bodhisattva: Introduction

A Bodhisattva is one who strives to attain enlightenment. Bodhisattva is a sanskrit word that...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

Lojong Point 7: Guidelines

This point has to do with how we go further in our day to day...

July 07, 2017

Lojong Point 4: Make Practice Your Life

This group of slogans is connected with the perfection of diligence. Diligence means that we...

July 02, 2017

Lojong Point 3: Bad Circumstances are the Path

This group of slogans is connected with the perfection of patience. This represents our forbearance,...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

Lojong Point Two: Training in Bodhicitta

This is where things really start. The way of the Bodhisattva is the way of...

June 23, 2017

Lojong Point One: Train in the Preliminaries

POINT ONE: Train in the Preliminaries 1)Resolve to Begin This involves everything that has led...

June 20, 2017

What Is Lojong?

Lojong is a set of techiniques for training the mind. These techniques are designed to...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

The Bodhisattva

The Bodhisattva is willing to be authentic, willing to get hurt and be sensitive and...

April 11, 2017

Bodhicitta and the Spiritual Warrior

The way of the Bodhisattva is the way of compassion and wisdom, of realizing your...

April 04, 2017

Zen: The Mystic Flower

Zen is a culture of awakening. It doesn't really match any of the categories we...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

Cultivating Virtue

In the Buddhist path we are trying to make sure we are examining and understanding...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

The Bodhisattva’s Journey

Mahayana Buddhism is sometimes called the Great Vehicle. It's also called the Bodhisattva Path. Bodhisattva...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Stages in the Bodhisattva’s Journey

Bodhi, or awakening, is present in all of us. In a sense it could be...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

The Six Perfections

The most important teaching for walking the bodhisattva path is the six perfections. The six...

March 07, 2016

What’s a Bodhisattva?

The first time I heard someone refer to himself as a Bodhisattva I thought it...

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