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
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.
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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Ego, Attachment and Liberation
Teachings and meditations given by Lama Yeshe at a five-day meditation retreat in Australia.
Chapters:
Ego, Attachment and Liberation
Ego, Attachment and Liberation: Editor's Introduction
Chapter One: Making Space for Wisdom
Chapter Two: Techniques for the Meditation Session and the Break
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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
Meditation Session Techniques (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Two of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation."
Making Space for Wisdom (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter One of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Give Your Ego the Wisdom Eye (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Three of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Your Mental Bureaucracy (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Four of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Questions and Answers (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Five of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Every Problem on Earth Comes from Attachment (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Six of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."
Developing Equilibrium (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Seven of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."