aspiration - Thubten Chodron

Strong wish made by a bodhisattva to become a fully awakened Buddha. (Pali: abhinīhāra, Sanskrit: ābhinirhāra)

Mental factor that takes interest in and wants to derive the benefits of cultivating serenity (Pali/Sanskrit: chanda)

Single-pointed concentration that wishes to attain spiritual powers and fuels efforts to develop concentration (Pali/Sanskrit: chanda)

Subtle impermanence
Answering questions from retreat participants and teaching on understanding impermanence and generating love and compassion
What to practice while dying
Contiuing the section "Helping Ourselves and Others at the Time of Death" and explaining which practices to do during the death process.
Powa, transference of consciousness
Teaching from the last section “Powa, Transference of Consciousness”, in Chapter 9.
The four opponent powers
Explaining the four opponent powers of purification, and encouraging us to take responsibility for our actions in a way that frees us from guilt and anger.
Miserliness, attachment and doubt
The last three of the eight dangers—miserliness, attachment and doubt—their faults, and the antidotes to counteract them.