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Fearlessness

Abhaya — the gift of safety. One of the three gifts of the bodhisattva: material aid, dharma, and freedom from fear.

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Stone relief carving of a bodhisattva on a Central Javanese temple wall

Core TeachingsMahayana

Bodhicitta

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.

Archival photograph of a Borobudur relief panel depicting the Mahisa Jataka, a past-life tale of the Buddha illustrating the perfections

Core TeachingsMahayana

The Six Paramitas

Six perfections that the bodhisattva cultivates across countless lifetimes: generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyous effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom. The structural curriculum of the Mahayana.

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Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

The Enemy Within

A direct teaching on the kleshas — that the obstacle to liberation is never an external adversary but the patterns of one's own mind.

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