For the practitioner who has been on the cushion for years. The next layer.
The practice of seeing the three marks of existence — impermanence, suffering, non-self — directly in moment-to-moment experience. The Buddha's central method.
The practice of cultivating tranquility and one-pointed concentration. The companion to vipassana — the two yoked together carry the dharma.
The aspiration to attain complete buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings — the defining commitment of the Mahayana path, and the seed from which the bodhisattva's entire activity grows.
The Theravada tradition's precise classification of the four stages of liberation, each defined by the specific fetters extinguished and the bound on remaining rebirths. The map by which the path can be tracked.
A teaching on the Abhidhamma — the higher analysis of mental factors that distinguishes the Theravada from every other Buddhist school. Session one of an ongoing series at Bhrikutimandap.
The continuation of the Abhidhamma series. Ven. Kondanya on the analysis of consciousness as the foundation of Theravada practice.
A recitation and reading of the Bodhicaryavatara — Shantideva's eighth-century classic on the path of the bodhisattva. Episode one of the chapter cycle, in Nepali and Tibetan.
