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.
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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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Handling Illness
Advice on how to use sickness on the path, especially through the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).
Beneficial Practices for the Sick
Experience the Suffering for Sentient Beings
Health Scare
How Fortunate You Are to Have This Sickness
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Transforming Pain
Advice on how to deal with pain by experiencing it for all sentient beings.
Change How We Think About Pain
Compassion and Tonglen
Creating the Karma to Stop Pain
Experience the Pain for All Sentient Beings
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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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Motivation for Mahayana Ordination
The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings
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Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments