The mind of enlightenment, bodhichitta, is always available, in pain as well as in joy. Pema Chödrön lays out how to cultivate this soft spot of bravery.
Pema Khandro Rinpoche recites a prayer to awaken bodhicitta
Pema Khandro Rinpoche offers a recitation from the Vajrayana tradition to awaken bodhicitta, or enlightened mind.
Good Heart
The Dalai Lama offers a short teaching on kindness and good heartedness.
The Best of Pema Chödrön: Life, Quotes, and Books
An introduction to the life, books, and teachings of Pema Chödrön, one of America’s most beloved Buddhist teachers.
Turn Your Thinking Upside Down
We base our lives on seeking happiness and avoiding suffering, but the best thing we can do for ourselves is to turn this whole way of thinking upside down.
Developing the Mind of Great Capacity
Photo by Christopher Michel.A teaching on practices to generate bodhichitta by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Going at Our Own Pace on the Path of Meditation
Our mind is like hard ground, says Sakyong Mipham. As meditation practitioners, we begin to till that ground so that we can grow the mind of enlightenment.
The Basic Principle of Bodhicitta
Photo by Bo Insogna.Relative bodhicitta is how we learn to love each other and ourselves, according to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The basic principle of ultimate bodhicitta is to rest in the fundamental state of consciousness, before it is divided into ‘I and ‘other.’
The Heart of the Buddha
Forget all the fancy meditation practices, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the real heart of Buddhism is complete commitment to others.
A Bodhicitta Practice
Photo by Andy Karr.Pema Chödrön offers a bodhicitta practice for generating love and compassion for all human beings.