Tag: Explained
What Are The Five Buddhist Paths to Liberation? (Explained)
Category: Buddhist Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts Mahayana Buddhism and the Five Practice Paths In Mahayana Buddhism, the five paths and the ten levels map the journey to liberation and complete enlightenment. These Buddhist paths to liberation describe both the actions we are to take along the journey, and the state of mind we reach…
The Lojong Mind Training Slogans (Explained with Examples)
Category: Buddhist Path | Recent Meditation Posts The Lojong Mind Training Slogans (Mahayana Buddhist Practice) The lojong mind training slogans are brief, pith statements that serve as mindfulness reminders. Together, they form a mind training practice for integrating the wisdom of meditation into our daily lives and walking the bodhisattva path. What Is Lojong Mind…
The Bodhisattva Vows Explained (& how to take them)
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts Introduction to the Bodhisattva Vows of Buddhism In Mahayana Buddhism, we take the bodhisattva vow when we become inspired by bodhicitta and feel compelled to dedicate our practice for the sake of all living beings. Most of us would agree that all beings…
Tonglen Mind Training For An Open Heart (Explained)
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts Tonglen is a Tibetan term that means ‘giving and taking.’ This beautiful meditation is a mind training exercise not only for cultivating compassion, but for expanding it immeasurably. Preparing For The Practice Of Tonglen (Cultivating Compassion) The foundation of tonglen practice, giving and…
Prajnaparamita and The Four Extremes (Explained)
Category: Buddhist Path | Mind Trainer Articles | Recent Meditation Posts What is Prajnaparamita Practice? The first or second-century BCE Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Stanzas) is among the world’s oldest Buddhist manuscripts. From it and most other sutras, we understand that the entire Mahayana Buddhist path aims at developing prajñā,…