Teachings on Dharmaraksita’s The Wheel-Weapon Mind Training at the Fall 2004 Manjushri Retreat at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, September 10-19, 2004.
Verses 43-44
- Taken in by others treachery
- Student’s or teacher’s motivation corrupted by afflictions
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Verse 45
- Make it a priority to repay the kindness of others
- Feeling grateful
- When all the good I have done turns out badly
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Verses 46-47
- We create the karma and we experience the results of our negative actions
- Calamities are unplanned
- Suffering of the lower realms
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Verses 48-49
- Suffering of a householder
- Thief that steals with stealth
- Self-centeredness and self-grasping ignorance is the enemy
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