Our own enlightenment is dependent on each and every sentient being. When we abandon the selfish mind and begin to cherish others as we currently do ourselves,
The advantages of cherishing others
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Advantages of cherishing others
Examining the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the many advantages of cherishing others.
Love and compassion
Speaking on developing close relationships without attachment and teaching on the meaning of love and compassion and benefits of cherishing others.
Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha’s way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that cherishes all living beings and generating love and compassion.
Verses of thought training
The benefits of cherishing others.
Exchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta
The disadvantages of self-centeredness, the benefits of cherishing others, and how these meditations lead us to exchanging self and others and tonglen.
Eight verses of mind training: Verse 2
Discussion on forgiving and apologizing. Seeing that cherishing others is the source of happiness and self-centeredness is the source of misery.
Shifting from the self-centered thought to cherishing others
The equalizing and exchanging self with others method of generating bodhicitta, and examining how the self-centered thought undermines our happiness.
Chapter 5: Verses 113-117
The qualities of a bodhisattva and a comparison of the happiness of a person who cherishes others to one who is self-preoccupied.
Being a friend to yourself
How learning to care deeply for ourselves naturally leads to the wish to benefit and cherish others.