Teachings
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, New Jersey
A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, India, 1974
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave this teaching at Bodhgaya in January 1974.
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India, November, 1982
An Interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Topics: Introductory
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Los Angeles, CA 2000
In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers readers one of the clearest and most authoritative expositions of the Tibetan Buddhist path ever published.
Now available as an audiobook
Chapters:
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Foreword •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Prologue •
Chapter One: General Introduction •
Chapter Two: Features of the Lam-Rim Teachings •
Chapter Three: Relying on a Spiritual Teacher •
Chapter Four: Becoming inspired to practice Dharma •
Chapter Five: Refuge, Karma and Precepts •
Chapter Six: Seeking freedom from cyclic existence •
Chapter Seven: Cultivating the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta •
Chapter Eight: The ceremony for generating Bodhicitta •
Chapter Nine: Bodhisattva outlook and action •
Chapter Ten: The Perfection of Wisdom •
Appendix 1: A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment •
Appendix 2: Lines of Experience •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Notes •
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York
Teachings on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, along with a Manjushri blessing
Chapters:
Session One: The Twelve Links and Renunciation •
Session Two: Bodhicitta •
Session Three: Emptiness •
Session Four: Manjushri Blessing and a conversation with Ven. Master Sheng Yen •
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, NY 1991
Teachings given prior to the Kalachakra Initiation, 1991.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Santa Monica, CA USA 1989
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave these preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra Initiation, 1989.
