giant compassion: the wish to remove other's suffering
DESCRIPTION
The wish to free others from their pain: compassion from a Buddhist perspective. Talk given at Jamyang Liverpool, July 2014. See more: www.joyous-effort.com/giant-compassionTRANSCRIPT
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
Images:
Music:
"Om Mani Padme Hum"
Massimo Di Nocera
