Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta
Verses from the Avatamsaka Sutra on practicing compassion and bodhicitta in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 21-4: Emptiness of mind
The clear light nature of the mind, transition from the sutra view to the tantric…
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Verse 22-1: Bodhicitta while walking
The welfare of sentient beings is transforming the mind into virtue and abandoning the afflictions.
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Verse 22-2: Toward the welfare of all beings
To slow down and be aware of what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.
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Verse 23-1: Lifting all beings from samsara
A walking meditation to remember bodhicitta, be more caring and mindful for the people around…
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Verse 23-2: Mahayana walking meditation
Walking meditation in Mahayana, Pali and Prasangika way. Not to let a moment go by…
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Verse 24-1: Wearing ornaments
Being adorned by inner qualities of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, meditative stabilization, and…
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Verse 24-2: Marks of a buddha
Explaining the origin and significance of the signs and marks of the Buddha.
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Verse 25-1: Without ornaments
A practice to transform whatever we encounter, so that it’s not related to ego.
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Verse 25-2: Ascetic practices
A description and the purposes of 12 ascetic practices that the Buddha allowed.
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Verse 26-1: Filled with good qualities
Seeing filled containers with a generous mind and wishing good qualities for others.
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Verse 26-2: Filling containers
The importance of generating our motivation before doing an action to make even neutral actions…
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Verse 26-3: Reducing jealousy and anger
Reducing anger and jealousy by imagining all other sentient beings being filled with good qualities.
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