Bodhicitta is Your Essence - Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

Bodhicitta is Your Essence - Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

Author: Kunzang Palyul Choling - Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo February 27, 2020 Duration: 44:44

Bodhicitta is Your Essence (Part 1 of Your Treasure is the Bodhisattva Heart)

Bodhicitta, the Great Compassion, the Great Awakening, is often misunderstood by western students.  To have an emotional experience of compassion is not "it".  In fact, the true experience of Bodhicitta cannot be described.  Yet, it is inseparable from the ground of being, from the Path, and from Buddhahood.  Jetsunma guides us through the disciplines required to uncover our innate treasure: the one heart of Bodhicitta.

Teaching originally given September 15th, 1996.

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Make a Habit of Compassion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:38
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How to Recognize a Qualified Teacher [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:08
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Conceptual Proliferation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:30
Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo encourages us to unravel the many concepts we have, because they stand between us and having pure view.Support the showFor more resources, teachings and practices, visit www.tara.org
The Guru is the Light in Samsara [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:15
Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo takes us on a journey through samsara, emphasizing the light (Guru) that guides our path.Support the showFor more resources, teachings and practices, visit www.tara.org
You Need Patience & Courage on the Path [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:09
Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo explains the many ways it's important to have patience and courage as we begin a path to change our habits.Support the showFor more resources, teachings and practices, visit www.tara.org
Dispelling Dharma's Bad Rap [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:07
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Perception is a Squirrel Cage of Reaction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:38
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Don't Wait to Feel Devotion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:43
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Duration: 53:21
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Duration: 38:54
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