Covering Verses 2.7-2.21 about mentally emanated offerings for Buddhas and bodhisattvas, including common and peerless offerings that delight the senses
Making sensuous offerings to the Buddhas
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Offering natural substances
Beginning Chapter 2 “Purifying Negativities” with verses on making offerings to buddhas and bodhisattvas with things found in nature (Verses 1.34-2.6)
The merits of bodhicitta
Answering questions and teaching on Verses 1.24-1.33 on the vast merits that come from generating bodhicitta.
Guided meditation: The kindness of others
A guided meditation to generate awareness of interdependence and of being the recipient of kindness.
Guided meditation: Working with anger
A guided meditation to reflect on the causes of anger and the antidotes.
The death process
Teaching from the section “The Death Process” and starting the section “Helping Ourselves and Others at the Time of Death” in Chapter 9.
Guided meditation: Mind is the source of happiness and pain
A guided meditation to help understand how our thoughts and feelings influence our experience. Includes guidance on meditating on the breath.
The bodhisattva ethical code
Giving commentary to Verses 15-23, explaining 8 guidelines that keep bodhicitta from degrading and teaching on the benefits of aspiring and engaging bodhicitta
An Open-Hearted Life: Self-compassion
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others. The three components of self-compassion.
Guided meditation on death
A guided meditation to help clarify priorities in life in order to live wisely and make life meaningful.