Beginning Chapter 2 “Purifying Negativities” with verses on making offerings to buddhas and bodhisattvas with things found in nature (Verses 1.34-2.6)
Offering natural substances
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What to practice while dying
Contiuing the section “Helping Ourselves and Others at the Time of Death” and explaining which practices to do during the death process.
The merits of bodhicitta
Answering questions and teaching on Verses 1.24-1.33 on the vast merits that come from generating bodhicitta.
The death process
Teaching from the section “The Death Process” and starting the section “Helping Ourselves and Others at the Time of Death” in Chapter 9.
The bodhisattva ethical code
Giving commentary to Verses 15-23, explaining 8 guidelines that keep bodhicitta from degrading and teaching on the benefits of aspiring and engaging bodhicitta
An Open-Hearted Life: Self-compassion
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others. The three components of self-compassion.
Guided meditation on death
A guided meditation to help clarify priorities in life in order to live wisely and make life meaningful.
Other life forms
Teaching from the sections “Other Life Forms” and “Fear or Hope at Death?” in Chapter 9.
The benefits of bodhicitta
Meditating on equanimity and explaining the benefits of bodhicitta, covering various analogies that explain these benefits (Verses 1.8 – 1.14)
Why bodhicitta is so powerful
Finishing teaching on the ten fortunes of a precious human life and explaining why bodhicitta is so powerful (Verses 1.4–1.7).