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 33-2: The kindness of others
Contemplating the kindness of other sentient beings by considering how we would not be alive…
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Verse 33-3: Had we not met the Dharma….
Contemplating the kindness of the Three Jewels by considering what direction our lives would have…
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Verse 33-4: The kindness of the Three Jewels
Contemplating the kindness of the Buddha and those who practiced and taught through the centuries…
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Verse 34-1: Unkind to wrong views
How to think when we see other people's kindness that is not reciprocated.
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Verse 34-2: Making offerings
Repaying the kindness of the Three Jewels by making offerings, and giving with a sincere…
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Verse 34-3: Delight in giving
Taking a look at the idea of fairness and what it means to be taken…
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Verse 34-4: How we repay others’ kindness
Training our minds to see the kindness of others, and reciprocating that kindness.
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Verse 34-5: Afflicted views
Being unkind to our own wrong views and an explanation of the afflicted views according…
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Verse 34-6: Three Jewels, rebirth, and karma
Focusing on the non-belief in the existence of the Three Jewels, the law of karma…
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Verse 34-7: What the mind is
Understanding what the mind is in order to eliminate our wrong views.
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Verse 35-1: Seeing a dispute
Remaining impartial, calm, and competent in the midst of dispute.
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Verse 35-2: Conflict styles, part 1
Understanding different conflict styles and how to use them. Considering the relationship, the issue, and…
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