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Clean-Clear

Forthcoming in May 2025

Clean-Clear: Refuge, Bodhicitta and the Nature of the Mind is the second volume in a series of Lama Yeshe’s collected teachings. This book contains introductory teachings given in England in 1976 and Holland in 1980. Compiled and edited by Nick Ribush.

Read the Preface and chapter one online. You can find more excerpts in the Related Links (to the right or below.) 

Contents

Note: Excerpts from some of these discourses have been previously published online at Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.

Preface
Part 1
Manjushri Institute, England, 1976

1. Mind and Meditation
2. Karma
3. Mantra
4. Refuge and Precepts
5. The Refuge Ceremony
6. Becoming a Bodhisattva
7. Taking the Bodhisattva Vows
8. Dedication, Puja and Concluding Remarks
9. Discussion with Students about Courses
10. Continuing Your Practice at Home

Part 2
Maitreya Instituut, the Netherlands, 1980

11. Tonight, My Subject Is the Mind
12. Refuge
13. Defeating the Eight Worldly Dharmas
14. Taking Refuge
15. Compassion
16. The Bodhisattva Vows

Appendices

1. The Mahayana Equilibrium Meditation
2. The Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony

Bibliography