The Three Principle Aspects of the Path
(Complete Study Course)
Renunciation, Bodhicitta and Correct View

This is a short yet comprehensive introduction to the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism - Renunciation, Bodhicitta and the Correct View. Without renunciation we cannot achieve Liberation, the cessation of all suffering. Without Bodhicitta there is no way to attain Buddhahood. Without the wisdom realising emptiness, the correct view, there is no way one can attain either Liberation or Buddhahood.

Renunciation is the wish to definitely emerge from this cycle of suffering. It does not mean giving up all our material possessions and living like a beggar. It is a mental attitude of not being uncontrollably attached to the pleasures of samsara - our possessions, partner or job. We are seeking a perfect, pure type of happiness unstained by attachment. These teachings explain in depth the 8 leisures and 10 endowments of a perfect human rebirth, death and impermanence, karma and the four opponent powers.

This is followed by teachings on bodhicitta, the wish to become enlightened so as to free all beings from their sufferings. These teachings detail the 6 causes and 1 effect method of developing Bodhicitta, with an extensive explanation of how to develop equanimity. Geshe-la also explains how it is not the other person that is the problem, but the relationship that we have with them that causes us so much suffering.

And finally, the teachings on correct view explain that the only way to completely cut our bondage to cyclic existence is by understanding both the ultimate and the conventional nature of reality.The correct view teachings unravel our confusion between how things appear and how they actually exist. How can we achieve perfect happiness for both ourselves and for others? By eliminating suffering. To do this we must eliminate the root cause of suffering - grasping at the self and at true existence. The method to turn back these mistaken views is the correct view - realising the actual mode of existence of all things. This is the wisdom realising emptiness.

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The Three Principle Aspects of the Path
(Complete Study Course)
Renunciation, Bodhicitta and Correct View