giant compassion: the wish to remove other's suffering

GIANT COMPASSIONJamyang Liverpool, July 2014

108 verses in praise of compassion, vs. 5

wisdom method

THE SEVEN POINT CAUSE-AND-EFFECT METHOD TO GENERATE BODHICITTA

Training the mind to be intent on other’s welfare

Training the mind to be intent on enlightenment

Training the mind to be intent on other’s

welfare

Establishing the basis

1) Achieving impartiality toward living

beings

2) Having affection for all beings

(recognising as mothers, kindness, repaying

kindness

Training the mind to be intent on other’s

welfare

Development of the attitude

love, compassion, superior intention

THE SEVEN POINT CAUSE-AND-EFFECT METHOD TO GENERATE BODHICITTA

Training the mind to be intent on other’s welfare

Training the mind to be intent on enlightenment

object of compassion

“living beings who experience

misery through any of the

three kinds of suffering”

Subjective aspectsof compassion

“How nice it would be if living

beings were free from

suffering”

Subjective aspectsof compassion

“May they be free from

suffering”

Subjective aspectsof compassion

“I will cause them to be free

from suffering”

Subjective aspectof great compassion

“I am responsible to

free them from suffering”

“To feel genuine compassion, we first

need to appreciate our own present

state.” Geshe Tashi, FBT course book

“Knowing that it is actually possible to

end suffering can lead to a powerful

feeling of compassion for all beings.”

108 verses in praise of compassion, vs. 107

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"Om Mani Padme Hum"

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