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Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (lower quality version, smaller files)

Here we present the recordings of a continuing weekly course given by Dr. Alexander Berzin in Berlin, Germany, on how to perform the meditations associated with each of the points of the graded pathway minds leading to enlightenment (lam-rim). Each class has explanations and instructions for meditations, periods of silence during which to perform the meditation, and class sharing and discussion of the participants’ experience.

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Course Recordings

All files are in MP3 format. To listen to or download one of the recordings, choose one of the dates below:

• Tue 14. May 2013 Accepting Realistically What Needs To Be Done (7.5 MB)
• Tue 7. May 2013 Delighting in Ones Efforts and Knowing When to Let Go (7.9 MB)
• Tue 30. April 2013 The Three Types of Self-Pride for Developing Steadfastness (7.2 MB)
• Tue 23. April 2013 Steadfastness in an Environment of Multitasking (8.4 MB)
• Tue 9. April 2013 Positive Intention Based on High Regard and Firm Conviction (9.3 MB)
• Tue 2. April 2013 Stopping the Laziness of Clinging to Distractions and of Being Discouraged and Disparaging Ourselves (7 MB)
• Tue 26. March 2013 Forms of Laziness Their Causes and Methods to Stop Procrastination (7.3 MB)
• Tue 19. March 2013 Far-reaching Perseverance (Vigor) – Definition Benefits Divisions (6.6 MB)
• Tue 12. March 2013 The Different Types of Suffering to Readily Accept with Patience, the Patience to Gain Firm Conviction in the Dharma (7.2 MB)
• Tue 5. March 2013 The Benefits of Readily Accepting Suffering (7.3 MB)
• Tue 26. February 2013 Not Taking Suffering as Totally Bad, but Seeing Its Benefits (6.5 MB)
• Tue 19. February 2013 Stopping Being Unhappy about the Good Fortune of Harmful Persons ‒ Reasons for Willingly Accepting Suffering (7.4 MB)
• Tue 12. February 2013 Stopping Impatience and Anger at Those Who Insult, Verbally Abuse or Defame Us (8.1 MB)
• Tue 5. February 2013 Stopping Impatience and Anger at Those Who Obstruct Our Receiving Praise, Fame or Shows of Respect (7.9 MB)
• Tue 29. January 2013 Unjustness of Anger upon Analysis of Our Bodhichitta Commitment, Four-Axiom Analysis of How Patience Can Dispel Anger (6.8 MB)
• Wed 23. January 2013 Unjustness of Anger upon Analysis of the Person Getting Angry and the Cause of the Anger (6.1 MB)
• Tue 15. January 2013 Unjustness of Anger upon Analysis of Further Points Concerning the Object of Our Anger (8.1 MB)
• Tue 11. December 2012 Dedication with the Two Bodhichittas, Analysis of the Object of Our Anger Either Being Under His or Her Own Power or Not (7.9 MB)
• Tue 4. December 2012 Three Types of Patience ‒ Impediments to Them, Their Benefits, and Disadvantages of Anger (7.2 MB)
• Tue 27. November 2012 Self-Discipline to Help Others (7 MB)
• Tue 13. November 2012 Self-Discipline to Gather Together Constructive Factors (6.6 MB)
• Tue 6. November 2012 Far-Reaching Ethical Self-Discipline of Refraining from Causing Harm (7.6 MB)
• Tue 23. October 2012 What Not to Give and Remedies for Hindrances to Generosity (7 MB)
• Tue 16. October 2012 How to Give and How Not to Give (8.8 MB)
• Tue 9. October 2012 Motivations To Be Eliminated When Practicing Far-Reaching Generosity (7.8 MB)
• Tue 2. October 2012 Giving the Dharma and Protection from Fear Those to Whom to Offer Material Things and the Proper Mental Framework (7.4 MB)
• Tue 25. September 2012 Far-Reaching Generosity–The Mahayana Framework (6.8 MB)
• Tue 18. September 2012 Far-Reaching Generosity ‒ Its Definition and What Is Needed for Developing It (6.5 MB)
• Tue 11. September 2012 The Necessity and Importance of the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes (Six Perfections) (7.6 MB)
• Tue 4. September 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Working to Benefit Others (vows 4 to 12) (7.3 MB)
• Tue 28. August 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Working to Benefit Others (vows 1 to 3) (7.7 MB)
• Tue 21. August 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Discriminating Awareness (8.9 MB)
• Tue 14. August 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Mental Stability (7.3 MB)
• Tue 31. July 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Joyful Perseverance (8.1 MB)
• Tue 24. July 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Patience (8 MB)
• Tue 17. July 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Ethical Self-Discipline (9.4 MB)
• Tue 10. July 2012 The Secondary Bodhisattva Vows Concerning Generosity (8 MB)
• Tue 3. July 2012 Root Bodhisattva Vows 7 to 18 (9 MB)
• Tue 26. June 2012 Root Bodhisattva Vows 1 to 6 (7.3 MB)
• Tue 19. June 2012 The Degree of Commitment to Bodhichitta-Trainings for Preventing the Weakening or Loss of Bodhichitta (7.3 MB)
• Tue 12. June 2012 Pitfalls to Avoid When Developing the Graded Levels of Motivation-Bodhichitta Meditation (7.7 MB)
• Tue 5. June 2012 Tong-len Meditation for Dealing with Disturbing Emotions (6.5 MB)
• Tue 22. May 2012 Tong-len Meditation for Overcoming Self Cherishing (7.9 MB)
• Tue 15. May 2012 Tong-len Meditation in the Model of Sensitivity Training (7.3 MB)
• Tue 8. May 2012 Overview of Tong-len Giving and Taking (7.1 MB)
• Tue 1. May 2012 The Decision Definitely to Exchange Our Attitudes about Self and Others (8.5 MB)
• Tue 24. April 2012 The Decision that We Are Capable of Exchanging Our Attitudes about Self and Others (8 MB)
• Tue 17. April 2012 The Decisions to Rid Ourselves of Self-Cherishing and to Make Cherishing Others Our Main Practice (7.9 MB)
• Tue 10. April 2012 Important Points about Meditation and the Decision Definitely to Stop Being Partisan (8.8 MB)
• Tue 3. April 2012 The Three Ways to Actualize Equanimity from the Deepest Point of View (8.3 MB)
• Tue 27. March 2012 The Three Ways to Actualize Equanimity from the Point of View of Others (8.3 MB)
• Tue 20. March 2012 The Three Ways to Actualize Equanimity from Our Own Points of View (8 MB)
• Tue 13. March 2012 The Two Types of Equanimity (9.6 MB)
• Tue 6. March 2012 Exceptional Resolve and Bodhichitta (9.4 MB)
• Tue 28. February 2012 Meditation on Compassion for Those Not Understanding Voidness (8.3 MB)
• Tue 21. February 2012 Meditation on Compassion for Those Not Understanding Impermanence (8.4 MB)
• Tue 14. February 2012 Meditation on Compassion for the Sufferings of the Six Realms of Rebirth (9.2 MB)
• Tue 7. February 2012 Compassion (8.6 MB)
• Tue 24. January 2012 Love (9.2 MB)
• Tue 17. January 2012 Gratitude for Motherly Kindness (8.7 MB)
• Tue 10. January 2012 Mindfulness of Our Mothers' Kindness and Balancing that Kindness (9.6 MB)
• Tue 3. January 2012 Karmic Basis for Equanimity and Everyone Having Been Our Mother (8.8 MB)
• Tue 20. December 2011 Awareness of Everyone As Our Mother (9 MB)
• Tue 13. December 2011 Equanimity (8.8 MB)
• Wed 7. December 2011 The Importance of Compassion, plus the First Steps for Developing Equanimity (8 MB)
• Tue 22. November 2011 The Four Causes and Four Forces for Developing Bodhichitta (9.4 MB)
• Tue 15. November 2011 The Four Conditions for Developing a Bodhichitta Aim (8.2 MB)
• Tue 8. November 2011 Benefits of Developing Bodhichitta (7.7 MB)
• Tue 1. November 2011 Causes for Transgressing Vows (8.4 MB)
• Tue 25. October 2011 Three Higher Trainings ‒ Renunciate Life (8.3 MB)
• Tue 18. October 2011 Liberation (8.5 MB)
• Tue 11. October 2011 Review of the 12 Links and Renunciation (8.9 MB)
• Tue 4. October 2011 Review of Link 9 and Links 10 to 12 ‒ Further Existence, Conception, and Aging and Dying (7.7 MB)
• Tue 27. September 2011 Review and Link 9 ‒ An Obtainer Disturbing Emotion or Attitude (9.2 MB)
• Tue 20. September 2011 Link 8 ‒ Craving (Thirst) (8.2 MB)
• Tue 13. September 2011 Links 5 to 7 ‒ Stimulators of Cognition, Contacting Awareness, and Feeling a Level of Happiness (8.1 MB)
• Tue 6. September 2011 Compulsion and Link 4 ‒ Nameable Mental Faculties with or without Form (9.3 MB)
• Tue 30. August 2011 Link 3 ‒ Consciousness Loaded with Karmic Aftermath (9.6 MB)
• Tue 23. August 2011 Link 2 ‒ Affecting Impulses (9 MB)
• Tue 9. August 2011 Grasping for a Truly Established 'Me' According to Gelug Prasangika (9 MB)
• Tue 2. August 2011 Doctrinally Based Unawareness (7.9 MB)
• Tue 26. July 2011 Meditation Advice on Unawareness (6.4 MB)
• Tue 19. July 2011 Twelve Links of Dependent Arising, Link 1 ‒ Unawareness and Grasping for True Existence (8.2 MB)
• Tue 21. June 2011 Death, Bardo and Rebirth According to Sutra (7.9 MB)
• Tue 14. June 2011 Karma at the Time of Death (9.2 MB)
• Tue 7. June 2011 Disadvantages of the Disturbing Emotions (8.1 MB)
• Tue 31. May 2011 Causes for the Disturbing Emotions (Part 2) (9.6 MB)
• Tue 24. May 2011 Order and Causes of the Disturbing Emotions (Part 1) (8 MB)
• Tue 17. May 2011 Forgetfulness, Unalertness, and Mental Wandering (8.1 MB)
• Tue 10. May 2011 Laziness and Not Caring (9.6 MB)
• Tue 3. May 2011 Disbelieving a Fact (8.8 MB)
• Tue 26. April 2011 Foggymindedness, Mental Dullness and Flightiness of Mind (9 MB)
• Tue 19. April 2011 No Care for How Our Actions Reflect on Others and Foggymindedness (8.1 MB)
• Tue 5. April 2011 Lack of Moral Self-Dignity and Lack of Values (8.3 MB)
• Tue 29. March 2011 Self-Destructiveness and Other Forms of Cruelty (9.7 MB)
• Tue 22. March 2011 Pretension, Concealment of Shortcoming, and Conceit (8.2 MB)
• Tue 15. March 2011 Hatred, Resentment, Outrage, Concealment of Having Acted Improperly, Jealousy, and Miserliness (8.6 MB)
• Tue 8. March 2011 Deluded Morality As Supreme and a Distorted Outlook (8 MB)
• Tue 1. March 2011 Extreme Outlook and Holding a Deluded Outlook as Supreme (8.5 MB)
• Tue 22. February 2011 Deluded Outlook toward a Transitory Network (Part 2) (9.5 MB)
• Tue 15. February 2011 Deluded Outlook toward a Transitory Network (Part 1) (8 MB)
• Tue 8. February 2011 Indecisive Wavering (6.8 MB)
• Tue 1. February 2011 Unawareness (8.8 MB)
• Tue 25. January 2011 Arrogance (9 MB)
• Tue 21. December 2010 Anger (7.9 MB)
• Tue 14. December 2010 Disturbing Emotions ‒ Longing Desire (8.6 MB)
• Tue 7. December 2010 Suffering of the Form and Formless Realm Gods (7.9 MB)
• Tue 23. November 2010 -Suffering of the Desire Realm Gods (9.1 MB)
• Tue 16. November 2010 Suffering of the Anti-Gods (7.1 MB)
• Tue 9. November 2010 Suffering of Frustration and All-Pervasive Suffering (8.5 MB)
• Tue 2. November 2010 Suffering of Meeting with What You Don't Like (8.4 MB)
• Tue 26. October 2010 Suffering of Being Parted from What You Like (8.5 MB)
• Tue 19. October 2010 The State of an Arhat (7.4 MB)
• Tue 12. October 2010 Suffering of Old Age (8.5 MB)
• Tue 5. October 2010 Suffering of Birth (8.1 MB)
• Tue 28. September 2010 Four Further Sufferings of Samsara (8.3 MB)
• Tue 14. September 2010 Suffering of Never Being Satisfied (8.7 MB)
• Tue 7. September 2010 Intermediate Scope ‒ Suffering of No Certainty (9.6 MB)
• Tue 31. August 2010 Summary List of Factors Influencing Karma (6.8 MB)
• Tue 24. August 2010 Some Difficult Points about Karma (8.5 MB)
• Tue 17. August 2010 Certainty of the Time Frame of the Ripening of Karma (Part 2) (8.9 MB)
• Tue 10. August 2010 Certainty of the Time Frame of the Ripening of Karma (Part 1) (9.1 MB)
• Tue 3. August 2010 Purification ‒ Vajrasattva, Taking Responsibility for Ourselves (7.9 MB)
• Tue 27. July 2010 Purification ‒ Regret, Open Admission of Mistakes (9 MB)
• Tue 20. July 2010 Purification ‒ General Discussion (4.1 MB)
• Tue 13. July 2010 Certainty of Karma, Innate Positive Potential (8.1 MB)
• Tue 6. July 2010 Responsibility, Extreme Views, Predetermination (7.7 MB)
• Tue 29. June 2010 Factors Influencing the Heaviness of Karma (8 MB)
• Tue 22. June 2010 Phases of Implementation of an Action (8.5 MB)
• Tue 15. June 2010 A Motivating Intention (9.1 MB)
• Tue 1. June 2010 Providing Conditions for a Pathway of Karma (8.1 MB)
• Tue 25. May 2010 Factors for a Complete Pathway of Karma ‒ A Basis (8 MB)
• Tue 4. May 2010 Karma and Gods in the Sutras as Helpers (8.4 MB)
• Tue 13. April 2010 Four Factors Involved in Pathways of Karmic Impulses (8.3 MB)
• Tue 6. April 2010 Thinking about Ethical Rules (7.6 MB)
• Tue 30. March 2010 Why Believe Buddha (8.2 MB)
• Tue 23. March 2010 Fourth Law of Karma ‒ No Loss of Karmic Results (7.4 MB)
• Tue 16. March 2010 Third Law of Karma ‒ Karmic Results Similar to the Cause (8.5 MB)
• Tue 9. March 2010 Second Law of Karma ‒ Karmic Tendencies and Increase of Karmic Results (8.6 MB)
• Tue 2. March 2010 Ripening of Karma in Happiness or Unhappiness (Part 2) (8.9 MB)
• Tue 23. February 2010 First Law of Karma ‒ Ripening of Karma in Happiness or Unhappiness (Part 1) (8.4 MB)
• Tue 16. February 2010 Ripening of Karma (8 MB)
• Tue 9. February 2010 What Is Karma and the Four Laws of Karma (8.1 MB)
• Tue 2. February 2010 Trainings Specified from Quintessence Teachings (7.9 MB)
• Tue 26. January 2010 Trainings Specified in The All-Inclusive Text (Part 2) (7.9 MB)
• Tue 12. January 2010 Ultimate, Provisional, Causal and Resultant Sources of Safe Direction and Trainings Specified in The All-Inclusive Text (Part 1) (8.1 MB)
• Tue 5. January 2010 Dharmakaya, Are Liberation and Enlightenment Possible (8.4 MB)
• Tue 8. December 2009 The Three Precious Gems ‒ Buddha (9.7 MB)
• Tue 1. December 2009 Safe Direction (Refuge) and the Reasons for Taking It in Life (7.6 MB)
• Tue 24. November 2009 The Animal Realm, Their Sufferings and Their Causes (9.1 MB)
• Tue 17. November 2009 Clutching Ghosts (Pretas) (8.9 MB)
• Tue 10. November 2009 Karma and the Hells, The Occasional Hells (9.3 MB)
• Tue 3. November 2009 Neighboring Hells and Cold Hells (7.7 MB)
• Tue 27. October 2009 The Joyless Realms, Recognizing Their Suffering and Hot Hells (8.4 MB)
• Tue 20. October 2009 In Which Direction Will My Next Rebirth Go, Up or Down (8 MB)
• Tue 29. September 2009 Nine-fold Sequence of Death Meditation (Part 2) (8.6 MB)
• Tue 22. September 2009 Nine-fold Sequence of Death Meditation (Part 1) (9.3 MB)
• Tue 15. September 2009 Impermanence and Death (9.5 MB)
• Tue 8. September 2009 Being Mindful of Death (8.8 MB)
• Tue 1. September 2009 The Ten Gemlike Innermost Attitudes from Kadam (Part 2) (8.7 MB)
• Tue 25. August 2009 The Ten Gemlike Innermost Attitudes from Kadam (Part 1) (8.4 MB)
• Tue 18. August 2009 Death (8.8 MB)
• Tue 11. August 2009 The Different Spiritual Scopes, Introduction about Death (8.6 MB)
• Tue 4. August 2009 Causes and Difficulty of Obtaining a Precious Human Rebirth (8.1 MB)
• Tue 28. July 2009 Beginningless Rebirth (Part 2) (8.1 MB)
• Tue 21. July 2009 Beginningless Rebirth (Part 1) (9.2 MB)
• Tue 14. July 2009 The Five Social Enriching Situations (8.4 MB)
• Tue 7. July 2009 The Five Personal Enriching Situations (9.3 MB)
• Tue 30. June 2009 Respites from the Four Human Situations of No Leisure (8.7 MB)
• Tue 23. June 2009 Precious Human Rebirth, Respites from the Four Nonhuman Situations of No Leisure (9 MB)