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Lesson 9
Entering the Middle Way 02 | Why Great Compassion is the Heart of All Buddhist Practice
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Overview
Chapters
00:00
Opening prayers and the importance of studying Entering the Middle Way
00:42
Why deep study of Madhyamaka is essential for most practitioners
03:25
Misconception debunked: learning too much does not create cognitive obscuration
05:33
The relationship between study, practice, and liberation
11:39
Understanding the Three Causes of a Bodhisattva
17:53
Why Great Compassion is the most important among the three causes
28:06
The necessity of Great Compassion at the beginning, middle, and end of the path
38:24
Great Compassion as the seed, sustaining water, and ultimate fruit
44:32
How compassion leads to Bodhichitta, and Bodhichitta leads to Buddhahood
51:08
Real examples: masters like Khenpo Tepa who lived with unwavering compassion
52:54
The inseparability of emptiness and compassion—the "Womb of Compassionate Enlightenment"
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