bodhicaryavatara chapter 10

It means that by doing this practice you collect seven times numberless merits, or numberless causes of enlightenment. These are not ordinary beings; they have actualized bodhicitta, the three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment, tantric realizations, all of that. Can you imagine? Engaging in the Deeds of a Bodhisattva, May all migrating beings Engage in the deeds of the bodhisattvas. 13 Anyway, it says here, “I have given this body to be used HOWEVER they want for their happiness.” This is an incredible complete and total change of mind. 7

This is what they are seeking and wishing for all the time.

May celestials bring timely rains Hope your Shakgya inspiration is moving forward. You can also elaborate and think that they all receive a perfect human body, meet the Mahayana teachings and find a perfectly qualified guru who can reveal the path to enlightenment. Your whole life goes by like this until one day death comes and that’s it. With the inconceivable bliss of the Buddhas. 0000006992 00000 n And through the might of the Boddhisattva Sangha With vast and fragrant lotus pools Susan Shannon has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for 45 years, and has studied with many of Tibet’s greatest teachers here and abroad. Even that much is very good. No matter how others behave towards you, whether they think badly of you or harm you, in return you should pray is to become wish-fulfilling for every sentient being, not only for human beings but even for animals and so on. 21 You can also experience these teachings in multimedia format, read the longer version online or download a PDF. Then another karma ripens and that has to be experienced for many billions and billions, zillions and zillions of eons until it finishes; and so it goes on. May all embodied creatures,

This is the best practice. Rejoice that you have brought them all to the state of enlightenment. 17 May they develop compassion, bodhicitta and the good heart, actualize the tantric path and achieve enlightenment. Her work is rooted in the principals of restorative justice and emotional literacy, fostering interconnectedness and healthy community engagement.

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Patrul Rinpoche said that this text can be explained according to the following prayer for bodhichitta: O precious, sublime bodhichitta: By dedicating your life to others in this way, you can enjoy every day. We need this kind of attitude in order to open our minds towards others when working at a center, in the family, in the office, in the government—and everywhere. This is an unbelievable prayer. ( Log Out /  1 See the full version of Bodhisattva Attitude to be published by LYWA in 2011. The most important of these commentaries was written by Prajñakaramati; this is the only commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara that still exists in Sanskrit. Numberless hell beings achieve a pure land where there is no suffering, only beauty, and filled with wish-granting trees, so that whatever they wish for happens. Obtain the bodies of celestials 2. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 45 Make charity of whatever you have to all sentient beings just as the Buddha did. If you remember the taking and giving practice when somebody slaps you—Woooooow! Since you have already given your body to be used by sentient beings in whatever way makes them most happy, when you see that they have found your body useful, it is unbelievable, most amazing, the happiest thing. This is the reality, but if you listen to the advice of mundane worldly people who do not practice Dharma, then of course it will be different. And may people think of benefiting one another. I’m saying what can be done as you recite this verse, how to expand the practice and give everything. 22 When you give, start by giving all your numberless past, present and future merits. Hope your daily life and dharma practice are merging as oneness, so that you don’t see them as two separate things anymore. That’s the usual way of describing it. The Lord Manjughosha himself. You are praying to become WISH-FULFILLING for anyone who looks at or thinks of you, not only other people but even animals, insects and spirits. May sentient beings have lives The verse is saying that sooner or later you will die, and at that time you have to leave behind everything: your material possessions, family, friends and even this body that you cherish more than numberless other sentient beings or any other precious thing. 56 Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra; Tib. Learn about all the features of our website... Bodhisattva Attitude: How to Dedicate Your Life to Others. %PDF-1.6 %���� Then every hell being, hungry ghost, animal, human being, sura, asura and intermediate state being becomes enlightened in the form of the deity you are practicing. Pray to be used EXACTLY like fire in sooo many different ways by sentient beings. The next three chapters (4, 5 and 6) explain how to prevent bodhichitta from decreasing or being dissipated. Use them as a motivation in the morning as well as other times, and remember them as you go through the day. This provides a paradigm shift of “Just Us” where we truly resonate with all of life. I think the idea is that sentient beings can receive everything they want from that. The “taking” is taking on the sufferings and causes of suffering of numberless sentient beings, along with the suffering of the places where they live. If you can generate this motivation in the morning and then try to live in it throughout the day, your life will become really wonderful. May all beings in hell be truly happy. The statue is about four stories high and I heard that if you stand at the second level against the heart, all your sicknesses are cured. May the lowly obtain grandeur Find magnificent and noble forms. You experience it with Dharma. Probably it means 'those who take birth under the control of karma and delusion', but I’m not sure why it is used here, because not every sentient being has a body. In accordance with the scriptures, I shall now in brief describe The way to adopt the discipline of all the buddhas’ heirs. Meet with fellow travelers, And may they constantly be joyful When they see the lava fires of hell extinguished 20 We will be drawing from many translations of the Bodhicharyavatara, so if you have a version you like please bring it along.

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