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October 2023

October 10, 2023

Six Transcendent Virtues

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

February 2018

February 15, 2018

On Generosity

Generosity is one of the six perfections, the actions that define the Bodhisattva path. This...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Shantideva on the First Five Perfections

In "Way of the Bodhisattva" Shantideva starts going through the six perfections, our method for...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Mirror of Zen: Part 4

29. If you know that thoughts are illusions then you're already free. What need is...

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...

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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