Sravasti Abbey

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***Update on plan for upcoming teachings: The teachings on the Bodhisattva ethical restraints will continue until finished. One new one will be posted each week. Paths & Grounds Will continue. Quiz 2 on Paths & Grounds - We will review the quiz beginning May 3, 2012. 1. What are the two methods to generate bodhicitta? Outline the basic steps of each. 2. What is the definition of bodhicitta? What are its two aspirations? What is its focal object? Is great compassion a cause of bodhicitta, a mental factor occurring together with bodhicitta, both, or neither? 3. What are stabilizing meditation and analytical meditation? How do they relate to serenity and insight? 4. There are four levels of bodhicitta: bodhicitta of belief (faith), bodhicitta with pure special resolve, fully ripening bodhicitta, and bodhicitta free from obscurations. Which of the bodhisattva paths and grounds apply to these four? How do the names of these four relate to the paths and grounds they describe? 5. What is the demarcation of entering the Mahayana path of accumulation? What are its three stages? What are distinguishing features of these three stages? What are the major activities a bodhisattva does on the path of accumulation in terms of accumulating merit and generating wisdom? 6. How does a bodhisattva meditate in order to generate the union of serenity and insight? 7. What is the demarcation of entering the Mahayana path of preparation? What are its four stages? What happens on each of these four stages? 8. When hearer arhats enter the Mahayana, at what path do they enter? What do they need to do to progress from the Mahayana path of accumulation to the Mahayana path of preparation, and on up? *** These teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other monastics of Sravasti Abbey provide us with a deep understanding of the range and essence of Buddhist thought. Sravasti Abbey is among the first of its kind: an American monastic community where aspiring monks and nuns and serious lay students can learn to practice the Buddha's pure Dharma. Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron founded Sravasti Abbey in Newport, Washington in 2003. Sravasti Abbey's mission is to nurture a flourishing monastic community where learning and practicing Buddha's ancient teachings cultivates peace in the hearts of the residents and visitors and, by extension, in the world. Our vision is that the teachings we cultivate here will last for thousands of years. For short, daily Dharma teachings please visit our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/sravastiabbey. For many more teachings in audio and transcript formats, as well as articles and talks on interfaith dialogue, prison Dharma, monastic life, and more, visit Ven. Thubten Chodron's website: http://www.thubtenchodron.org. The weekly teachings that are uploaded here are also streamed live every Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. PST/ 9:00 p.m. EST on Justin.tv. Join us live online at http://www.justin.tv/sravasti_abbey. You may also download all of these teachings onto your hard drive as a Podcast through iTunes.

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