Walking the Bodhisattva Path of Compassion
The bodhisattva ideal — a life oriented toward the welfare of others — can feel impossibly lofty, like something for saints rather than someone with a job, a family, and an ordinary set of struggles. But it was never meant to stay an ideal.
This self-paced course walks through The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, a beloved Tibetan text written nearly seven hundred years ago for exactly this purpose: turning the path of compassion into something you actually do, verse by verse. Over twelve weeks we move from the foundations through tonglen, the six paramitas, and contemplating emptiness — not as concepts to admire, but as a way of meeting your real life.
Investment: $150
In This Course, You'll:
Build and deepen the core meditation practices of the bodhisattva path
Work through a revered 14th-century Tibetan text, verse by verse, in plain modern language
Practice tonglen, the six paramitas, and contemplations on emptiness
Learn to bring everyday life — its difficulties included — onto the path
Connect these timeless teachings to the real circumstances you're living in
“Whatever arises in experience is your own mind. Mind itself is free of any conceptual limitations.”
- Gyalse Thogme Zangpo
What you'll receive:
Format: Weekly lessons, readings, and guided meditations
Video Lessons: 38 in total
Guided Meditations: 11 practices
Total Duration: Over 10 hours of video and audio
Lifetime Access: Yours to keep, no time limit
Investment: $150
Course Curriculum:
Welcome:
Introduction To The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Journaling Exercise, Readings
Week 1:
Homage & Intention, Verses 1-3, Guided Meditation: This Precious Life, Readings
Week 2:
Developing Renunciation Mind Part I, Verses 4-7, Guided Meditation: The Nine-Point Death Meditation, Readings
Week 3:
Developing Renunciation Mind Part II, Verses 8-9, Guided Meditation: Contemplating The Three Types Of Suffering, Readings
Week 4: Verses 10-11, Guided Meditation: Equanimity, Guided Meditation: Giving and Taking, Readings
Week 5: The Practice of Tonglen and Taking Everyday Life Onto the Path, Verses 12-21, Readings
Week 6: Introduction To Meditating On Emptiness, Verses 22-24, Guided Meditation: Looking at a Thought, a Feeling, and an Object, Readings
Week 7: The Six Paramitas, Verses 25-27, Guided Meditation: Transcendent Generosity, Ethics, Patience and the Three Spheres, Readings
Week 8: Verses 28-30, Guided Meditation: Shamatha Without Support, Readings
Week 9: Verses 31-34, Guided Meditation: Handshaking and Relaxed Awareness, Readings
Week 10: Verses 35-36, Guided Meditation: Pervasive Awareness, Readings
Week 11: Verse 37, Source, Authority, Shortcomings, & Dedication, Guided Meditation: Sharing and Fully Dedicating All Merit, Readings
Week 12: Review & Closing
Investment: $150
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