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65. The Benefit of Arousing Bodhicitta

2024-02-13

65. The Benefit of Arousing Bodhicitta

Meditation Guide

The Beginning

Take refuge and arouse bodhichitta.

The Main Part

Here we contemplate on the benefits of bodhicitta: Among all the Mahayana teachings, arousing bodhicitta counts as supreme... Bodhicitta is solely capable of eradicating samsaric suffering and demolishing all root and subsidiary destructive emotions... Resolve: I must now give rise to bodhicitta.

Reminder

Resolve: I must make a concerted effort to ignite bodhicitta in my being, even if merely for an instant.

The Ending

Dedicate the merit of your practice to all sentient beings.