e 77: The Method To Love All Living Beings

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perhaps we connect deeply with the idea of universal love and compassion? Or we want to become a bodhisattva bound for enlightenment? But then we wonder, “how can I actually develop love for all living beings?” In this episode, we begin the seven point practice to develop bodhicitta, the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings. The seven steps include a practical method to develop great love and compassion, the basis for bodhicitta.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seven Point Cause and Effect Method to Develop Bodhicitta</span></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recognizing that all beings have been our mother </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Remembering the kindness of our mothers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Developing the wish to repay the kindness of our mothers </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Love</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Compassion</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Exceptional resolve</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bodhicitta</span></li> </ol>