41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta (2008-09)
Short talks on "41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta" from the Flower Ornament Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra).
Verse 6-2: Consideration for others
Venerable Thubten Chodron Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact others.
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Verse 7: Secured by the root of virtue
How the virtue we create secures us for good rebirths, liberation, and in this very life.
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Verse 8: The seat of enlightenment
Reaffirming our bodhicitta when sitting down, wishing that all beings come to the place in their own hearts that is the seat of enlightenment.
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Verses review: The Buddhist view
The importance of making our lives more meaningful, not taking our lives for granted, and remembering that we're in samsara.
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Verse 9: The tree of enlightenment
The imagery and deeper significance of Bodh Gaya and the bodhi tree.
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Verse 10-1: The fuel of the passions
How we ignorantly grasp at the afflictions, the importance of recognizing how we exaggerate, and learning to identify the afflictions.
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Verse 10-2: Counteracting the defilements
The different ways of counteracting the defilements, particularly the afflictions. The importance of not just contemplating the antidotes, but applying them.
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Verse 10-3: Meditating on emptiness
The various levels of subduing the afflictions, from avoiding the object, to developing samadhi, and the realization of emptiness.
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Verse 11: The fire of wisdom
An explanation of the analogy of wisdom with fire, a fire that eradicates the afflictions completely.
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Verse 12: The nectar of wisdom
The different kinds of wisdom as we progress along the path. The analogies of wisdom as fire and as nectar.
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Verse 13: The nourishment of samadhi
Deep samadhi nourishes the mind and body enabling great meditators to spend more time meditating without worrying about food.
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