Level One of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)

🍫 OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BUDDHIST PATH

🍫 HOW TO FIND A TEACHER

🍫 AUTHENTIC VS INAUTHENTIC TEACHINGS

🍫 DEFINING TERMS

🍫 HOW TO DEVELOP HIGHER STATES OF MIND

🍫 LEVELS OF REALITY

🍫 KARMA AND EMPTINESS

📖 Source: The Three Principal Paths (Lamtso Namsum) by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), with a commentary by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941).

Level One of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)

🍦 WHAT IS PERFECT WISDOM

🍦 WHAT STATES OF MIND ARE PROTECTIVE AGAINST SUFFERING

🍦THE QUALITIES OF A BUDDHA

🍦 STEPS TOWARDS DEVELOPING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

🍦NIRVANA, AND THE LEVELS OF FREEDOM

🍦 FIND HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO REALIZATIONS ON THE PATH

📖 Source: The Ornament of Realizations (Abhisamaya Alamkara) of Maitreya and Master Asanga (350 AD), with a monastic commentary by Master Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568).

Level Two of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)

🍪 HOW TO MEDITATE

🍪 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDITATION

🍪 CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR MEDITATION

🍪 PROPER POSTURE

🍪 WHY TO USE DIFFERENT MEDITATIONS

🍪 9 STAGES OF MEDITATIVE REALIZATION & HOW TO REACH THEM

📖 Source: The Stages of Meditation (Bhavana Krama) by Master Kamalashila (750 AD), and presentations by Je Tsongkapa and Pabongka Rinpoche.

Level One of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana)

🍩 HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE SEE IS REAL

🍩 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REALITY

🍩 HOW TO PROVE YOU CREATE YOUR REALITY

🍩 THE ORIGIN OF CONSCIOUSNESS

🍩 DOES CONSCIOUSNESS END WITH DEATH

🍩 PAST & FUTURE LIVES

📖 Source: Compendium on Valid Perception (Pramana Samuchaya) by Master Dignaga (440 AD), the Commentary on Valid Perception (Pramana Varttika) by Master Dharmakirti (630 AD), Light on the Path to Freedom (Tarlam Selje) by Gyaltsab Je (1362-1432), and Jewel of the True Thought (Tsema Gong-gyen) by Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk (1928-present).

Level One of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma)

🍭 THE LAWS OF KARMA

🍭 GOOD AND BAD KARMA

🍭 KARMA OF BODY, SPEECH AND MIND

🍭 PROJECTING & FINISHING KARMA

🍭 KARMIC CONSEQUENCES

🍭 CREATING POWERFUL KARMIC RESULTS

🍭 PURIFYING NEGATIVE KARMAS

📖 Source: Treasure House of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma Kosha) by Master Vasubandhu (350 AD), along with its commentary by the First Dalai Lama.

🍧 THE MOST FAMOUS BUDDHIST TEACHING: DIAMOND CUTTER SUTRA

🍧 DESTROYING MENTAL AFFLICTIONS

🍧 ACHIEVING FULL ENLIGHTENMENT

🍧 REACHING THE HIGHEST STAGE OF MEDITATION

🍧 PURIFICATION

🍧 THE TWO EXTREMES OF THINKING

🍧 THE FUTURE OF BUDDHISM

📖 Source: Diamond Cutter Sutra (Vajrachedika) by Shakyamuni Buddha, along with the only known native Tibetan commentary, by Chone Lama Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748).

Level 2 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika)

🧁 THE MEANING & PURPOSE OF THE 64 BODHISATTVA VOWS

🧁 TYPES OF LOVE DEVELOPED BY THE VOWS

🧁 HOW TO TAKE AND KEEP VOWS

🧁 BENEFITS OF TAKING AND KEEPING BOWS

🧁 HOW TO RESTORE BROKEN VOWS

📖 Source: Master Asanga's root text and its commentary called the Highway for Bodhisattvas (Jangchub Shunglam) by Je Tsongkapa.

Level 2 of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma).

🍯 THREE REALMS OF EXPERIENCE

🍯 DIFFERENT BEINGS & REALMS

🍯 WAYS OF REINCARNATING

🍯 INTERMEDIATE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

🍯 HOW TO MOVE BETWEEN REALMS

🍯 DIFFERENT TYPES OF EONS

🍯 HOW TO MEDITATE ON DEATH

📖 Source: Treasure House of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma Kosha) by Master Vasubandhu (350 AD), along with its commentary by the First Dalai Lama, as well as sections of the Great Book of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lamrim Chenmo) by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419)

Level 1 of Buddhist Discipline (Vinaya).

🥧 WHO TO TAKE VOWS FROM

🥧 DIFFERENT STATES OF MEDITATION

🥧 HOW ETHICS AFFECT MEDITATION

🥧 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VOWS

🥧 BENEFITS OF VOWS

🥧 KARMIC RESULTS & PURIFICATION

📖 Sutra on Vowed Morality (Vinaya Sutra) by Master Gunaprabha (500 AD), with commentaries from The Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya (Dulwa Gyatsoy Nyingpo) by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (Yishin Norbu) by Choney Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748), and Day Maker (Nyin Je) by Master Ngulchu Dharma Bhadra (1772-1851)

Level 3 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika).

🍬HOW TO LIVE LIKE A SAINT

🍬 REMOVING OBSTACLES TO UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

🍬MENTAL TRAINING FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

🍬THE PRACTICE OF THE 6 PERFECTIONS

🍬 REMOVING ANGER, ADDICTION, JEALOUSY, PRIDE & IGNORANCE

📖 Source: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharya Avatara) by Master Shantideva (700 AD), and the commentary Entry Point for Children of the Victorious Buddhas (Gyalse Juk-ngok) by Gyaltsab Je (1364-1432).

Level 4 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika).

🎂 DEVELOPING PATIENCE, JOY AND CONCENTRATION

🎂 WORKING WITH ANGER

🎂 HOW SELFISHNESS PRODUCES SUFFERING

🎂 OBSTACLES TO JOY AND CONCENTRATION

🎂 HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIFE IS CREATED

📖 Source: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharya Avatara) by Master Shantideva (700 AD), and the commentary Entry Point for Children of the Victorious Buddhas (Gyalse Juk-ngok) by Gyaltsab Je (1364-1432).

Level 5 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika).

🍨 DEVELOPING WISDOM

🍨 HOW TO ACHIEVE HIGH MEDITATIVE REALIZATIONS

🍨 EMPTINESS & DEPENDENT ORIGINATION

🍨 5 HEAPS & PERCEPTION

📖 Source: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharya Avatara) by Master Shantideva (700 AD), and the commentary Entry Point for Children of the Victorious Buddhas (Gyalse Juk- ngok) by Gyaltsab Je (1364- 1432).

Level 2 of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana).

🍮 BUDDHIST DEBATE

🍮 USING LOGIC IN SPIRITUALITY

🍮 HOW LOGIC SUPPORTS MEDITATIVE REALIZATIONS

🍮 THE NATURE OF TIME

🍮 PROOF THAT SUFFERING ENDS

📖 Source: Commentary on Valid Perception (Pramanavarttika) by Master Dharmakirti (630 AD) with a commentary from The Key for Starting the Logic Machine (Rik- lam Trul- gyi Deamik) by Purbuchok Jampa Tsultrim Gyatso (1825- 1901).

Level 3 of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim).

🍓 HOW TO DEVELOP RADICAL COMPASSION

🍓 THE 5 POWERS & MENTAL POISONS

🍓 7 STEPS TO DEVELOP UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

🍓 TRANSFORMING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS

📖 Source: A Compendium of Texts on Developing the Good Heart (Lojong Gyatsa) by Muchen Konchok Gyeltsen (1300 AD). Lojong texts from the Compendium include: The Eight Verses (Tsik- gye Mar ) by Dorje Seng-ge (1044- 1123), the Wheel of Knives (Tsoncha Korlo) by Master Dharma Rakshita (1000 AD), Seven- Step Practice for Developing the Good Heart (Lojong Dun Dunma) by Geshe Chekawa (1101- 1175), The Advices of the Victorious One (Danlak) by Gyalwa Yang Gunpa (1213- 1258), and Freedom from the Four Attachments (Shenpa Shi- drel ) by Sachen Kunga Nyinpo (1092- 1158).

Level 2 of The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita).

🍡 HOW TO INTERPRET AND APPLY ANY SPIRITUAL TEACHING

🍡 COMPARING DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF BUDDHIST THOUGHT

🍡 HOW TO STOP AGING AND DEATH

🍡 HOW TO FULLY TRANSCEND SUFFERING

📖 Source: The Commentary on the True Intention of the Sutras (Dode Gong Drel) and The Sutra Requested by the Arya Named Never- Ending Wisdom (Pakpa Lodru Misepe Shupay Do) by Shakyamuni Buddha, with a commentary from The Essence of Eloquence on the Art of Interpretation (Drange Lekshe Nyingpo) by Je Tsongkapa (1357- 1419).

A review course of the first 5 courses: The Principal Teachings of Buddhism, Buddhist Refuge, Applied Meditation, Proof of Future Lives, and How Karma Works.

A review course of the courses 6-10: The Diamond Cutter Sutra, The Bodhisattva Vows, Death and the Realms of Existence, The Ethical Way of Life (Vinaya), and A Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life.

A review course of the courses 11-15: A Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life, parts two and three; The Art of Reasoning; Lojong, Developing the Good Heart; and What the Buddha Really Meant.