Cultivation of Bodhicitta, Aspiration Bodhicitta and Action Bodhicitta

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Cultivation of Bodhicitta, Aspiration Bodhicitta and Action Bodhicitta by Eric Weinberg; based on chapters 9,10 and 11 of the Jewel Ornament Of Liberation by Je Gampopa

Buddha taught that enlightenment is impossible without Bodhichitta. When we explore the ways we have to help ourselves and others, nothing compares to Bodhichitta.  According to Shantideva, It is the supreme ambrosia that overcomes the sovereignty of death;  It is the inexhaustible treasure that eliminates all the poverty of the world.  It is the supreme medicine that quells the world’s disease. It is the tree that shelters all beings wandering and tired on the path of conditioned existence.