The Peaceful Prison
In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments
Teachings
Practices to Purify Negative Karma
Advice about purification of past nonvirtuous actions and negative karma, through Vajrasattva and other practices.
Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice
Constant Obstacles
Diamond Cutter Sutra and Prostrations
How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma
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Taking Vows
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Taking Vows
Abandoning Harmful Actions
Benefits of Taking Vows
Morality Is Like the Earth
Motivation for Eight Mahayana Precepts
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Broken Vows and Commitments
Advice for students who have broken their vows or stopped their daily practice commitments.
Earthquakes
Topics:
Contemporary Issues > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes
Practices for the Earthquake and Other Disaster Victims in Indonesia
Practices for Earthquakes
Practices to Pacify Earthquakes
Preventing Earthquakes
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Eight Mahayana Precepts (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a commentary on and confers the eight Mahayanaprecepts
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments
Chapters:
The Direct and Unmistaken Method
The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments
Chapters:
The Direct and Unmistaken Method
Translator’s Preface
The Benefits of Protecting the Eight Mahayana Precepts
The Way in Which the Mahayana Ordination Is Taken
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Motivation for Mahayana Ordination
The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments