Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. A pointed question drives this two-minute excerpt from Geshe Pema Tsering’s 2002 Bodhisattva Way of Life series at Buddha House: can practitioners cultivate Bodhicitta on their own, without a teacher present? He traces how a solo sadhana unfolds step by step — first generating aspiring Bodhicitta, then making the pledge to develop engaging Bodhicitta. The central doctrinal point is a careful distinction: reciting the liturgy and making those pledges yields genuine benefit, but does not constitute formally receiving the qualified bodhisattva vows. A brief, precise clarification for students already working with Bodhicitta practice who want to know how much weight their solo recitation carries.
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File: 07 Guide 2002 04 11.mp3
Teacher: Geshe Pema Tsering
Collection: Bodhisattva Way of Life (Geshe Pema Tsering)
Date: 2002-04-11
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~218
One One, yeah, one can practice that take similar type of the Buddhist after a while by oneself. But by doing for example, like, doing a yoga practice, the the talking about long long long version, it comes the first taking, you know, first but recite the text, it comes step by step. The first part comes the first comes the taking this so called aspiring Bodhicitta. And after aspiring Bodhicitta comes making pledge to develop the the engaging Bodhicitta. So therefore, one can do that, but it’s not one by doing so, by reciting so forth, one making pledges to to do the bodhisattva vows and take do the activities of the bodhisattva, but one one hasn’t received so called the qualified bodhisattva vows, but during such practice, still, okay, one can receive the benefits.