37 Practices Of The Bodhisattva By Tokme Zangpo Unabridged Audiobook With Commentary

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26 Aug 2021

Recognizing their true potential and letting go of everything which could hinder them on their spiritual journey Bodhisattvas entrust themselves to the path taught by the Buddha Resisting disturbing emotions they learn to respond to difficult situations in a constructive way Fully understanding the nature of reality and the illusion-like nature of pleasure and pain they overcome clinging attachment and aversion In these ways Bodhisattvas come to cherish living beings as the source of all happiness and are ultimately able to work solely for the good of all Tokme Zangpo wrote The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas in the fourteenth century His succinct and simple verses of advice summarize the quintessence of the Mahayana path to perfection Also called Gyelsay Togmay Sangpo the author of the text The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas was born around 1295 in Tibet He gave many teachings and this is one of his main and most precious ones because it is a summary of all the practices that we need to do when trying to become bodhisattvas The text is called The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas because there are 37 verses that comprise the main body of the book All in all there are 43 verses but the first two are more introductory and the last four include dedications and other things So there are 37 main verses We try to practice the path of the bodhisattvas in order to reach the absolute state of buddhahood In order to achieve this we must identify the absolute refuge the state of buddhahood itself The refuge as a whole the buddha dharma and sangha is not a refuge that we take out of blind faith or without reason and clear understanding Rather we take refuge in them through great analysis of the truth For example concerning a buddha we must understand that its absolute state its essence is actually none other than the three kayas the dharmakaya the sambhogakaya and the nirmanakaya Buddha is the state of mind in which one has accomplished all of them very clearly This particular state we are trying to achieve and that is called the Refuge of Buddha or the enlightened state In the same way we must recognize that the dharma is both the foundation of absolute enlightenment which is compassion and loving kindness and the tools to accomplish all of this the wisdom and the means An important lojong text In thirty seven verses it gives instructions on how to follow the bodhisattva path Kyabj Trulshik Rinpoche has said that the Eight Verses of Training the Mind represents the short version of lojong the Thirty Seven Practices is the medium and the Bodhicharyavatara is the extensive version In recent years the text was taught and commented upon extensively by Ngawang Tendzin Norbu Music By Mettaverse Cosmic River Mental and Spiritual Reboot Deeply Divine Meditation Winter Solace Heart Of True Being Listen on Soundcloud a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2F2KjGlLI a Follow them on Instagram a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2F2JW8BU2 a Join them on Facebook a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2F2G1j7G6 a Subscribe to their channel here a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fchannel 2FUCyvjffON2NoUvX5q TgvVkw a Guided Meditations a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fplaylist 3Flist 3DPLKv1KCSKwOo BfNnb5vLcwouInskcEhqL a All My Neville Goddard Videos In One Playlist - a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fplaylist 3Flist 3DPLKv1KCSKwOo8kBZsJpp3xvkRwhbXuhg0M a For all episodes of the Reality Revolution a https 3A 2F 2Fwww therealityrevolution com a Like us on Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2FRealityRevolutionPodcast 2F a Join our facebook group The Reality Revolution a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fgroups 2F403122083826082 2F a Subscribe to my Youtube channel a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fchannel 2FUCOgXHr5S3oF0qetPfqxJfSw a Contact us at media advancedsuccessinsitute com Bodhisattva wordsofpower transcendence lawofattraction guidedmeditation dharma