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Compassion is a skill. You can learn it here and now, and the benefits are vast. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chödrön shows you how--using a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva. Here she focuses on its primary subject, the enlightened heart and mind (bodhichitta), showing us how this awakened state, which often seems infinitely far out of our grasp, is always available to us right where...
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Arising from the religious mysticism of Central Asia, the Tibetan tradition speaks of Five Wisdom Buddhas and their consorts (feminine counterparts). The five Buddhas are often treated as living beings that exist outside of the individual. They, like all other "cosmic" or "mystic" buddhas and bodhisattvas, are archetypes arising out of the collective unconscious. Examine how these Buddhas are utilized to promote personal wisdom.
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Arising from the religious mysticism of Central Asia, the Tibetan tradition speaks of Five Wisdom Buddhas and their consorts (feminine counterparts). The five Buddhas are often treated as living beings that exist outside of the individual. They, like all other "cosmic" or "mystic" buddhas and bodhisattvas, are archetypes arising out of the collective unconscious. Examine how these Buddhas are utilized to promote personal wisdom.
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Nicolas Van Gelder looks at the parallels between the Christian Gnostic gospels and Eastern spiritual traditions. For instance, the way Jesus is depicted is very much in the lineage of the Eastern spiritual master. In Buddhism, the term "Bodhisattva" signifies a very high level of spiritual attainment. Van Gelder explores some of the symbolic parallels between the historical Jesus and the Bodhisattva ideal.