Investigating our own experience to see the disadvantages of clinging attachment and develop love and compassion based on equanimity.
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Chapter 8: Verses 1-3
The practice of abandoning the distorted conceptions of the eight worldly concerns.
Chapter 7: Verses 59-76
Cultivating the far-reaching practice of joyous effort brings joy to dharma practice and is a cause for accomplishing our goals in this life and future lives.
Chapter 7: Verses 50-58
Developing and applying self-confidence, the second factor of joyous effort. Learning from failure and not giving up.
Chapter 7: Verses 31-49
Overcoming the three types of laziness that oppose joyous effort. Developing aspiration and self-confidence, the first two factors that compose joyous effort.
Chapter 7: Verses 15-30
When joyous effort helps us go forward in our practice to do something good and do something meaningful with our lives, there’s no reason to be despondent.
Chapter 7: Verses 1-15
Joyous effort—taking delight in virtuous activities—is a powerful antidote to the three types of laziness that interfere with Dharma practice.
Chapter 6: Verses 127-134
Putting time and energy into thought transformation changes how we view difficult situations and people and helps us develop fortitude and decrease anger.
Chapter 6: Verses 119-126
By harming sentient beings we create the causes for our own suffering. By respecting them and being kind we create the causes for our awakening.
Chapter 6: Verses 112-118
Why we need sentient beings to develop fortitude and create merit. Looking at the important role that other sentient beings play in attaining awakening.
