What is Aspiration Bodhicitta?
How positive intention turns every situation into practice Aspiration bodhicitta is the practice of using every situation to cultivate positive...
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The Difference Between Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism
Of all the ways we can distinguish the major Buddhist schools of thought, Mahayana and Hinayana have arisen as a...
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The classic lojong mind training verse, ‘drive all blames into one,’ teaches us how to use blame effectively. Instead of...
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The Lojong Mind Training Slogans
The Lojong Mind Training Slogans (Mahayana Buddhist Practice) The lojong mind training slogans are brief, pith statements that serve as...
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The Two Truths or Realities in Buddhism
Understanding the Buddhist Two Truth Doctrine Is there a difference between how awakened beings and ordinary beings perceive the world?...
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The Two Kinds of Bodhicitta: Relative and Absolute
Bodhicitta, the awakened heart, inspires us to follow the Buddhist path to the very end, to help free not just...
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The Bodhisattva Vows Explained
Introduction to the Bodhisattva Vows of Buddhism In Mahayana Buddhism, we take the bodhisattva vow when we become inspired by...
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Bodhicitta: The Ultimate Expression Of Compassion
The Relation Between Compassion and Bodhicitta Compassion and bodhicitta are related, but there is a difference between the two. Understanding...
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Buddha Nature, the Ever-Present Seed of Enlightenment
Understanding what Buddha nature is and what it isn’t In many of his later discourses, the Buddha taught that all...
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What Is The Middle Way in Buddhism?
The middle way is any path between two extremes. In Buddhism, the middle way has particular significance. It is a...
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Tonglen Mind Training For An Open Heart
Tonglen is a Tibetan term that means ‘giving and taking.’ This beautiful meditation is a mind training exercise not only...
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What Is Emptiness in Buddhism?
The Meaning Of Emptiness In Buddhism Emptiness in Buddhism is the teaching that things are empty of self-existence. Things do...
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What Are The 6 Perfections of Buddhism?
The Six Paramitas of Mahayana Buddhism Typically translated as six perfections, Buddhism’s six paramitas describe the transcendent qualities of a...
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Prajnaparamita and the Four Extremes
What is Prajnaparamita Practice? The first or second-century BCE Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Stanzas) is...
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The 6 Realms of Being in Buddhism
How perceptions and projections define our experience of the world A fundamental tenet of the Buddha’s teachings is that our...
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