Gampopa's Ten Ways to True Self Kindness

The Ten Things Wherein One Does Good for Oneself from A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path, interwoven with practical commentary from Mark van den Enden's Bringing Mind Into View.In this episode, the hosts will deeply explore the ten actions that represent a true kindness to oneself, freeing the mind from samsaric entanglement. They will unpack the profound benefits of:Abandoning worldly conventions and human attachments to practice the pure Dharma.Leaving behind worldly life to follow a lineage guru or sublime personage.Giving up distractions to devote oneself to learning, reflection, and meditation.Embracing solitude rather than remaining enmeshed with village people and neighbors.Cutting the ties of sense pleasures and remaining stable in nonattachment.Being content with the bare necessities and simplicity, without craving luxuries.Keeping steadfast resolve and not surrendering one's independence to the influence of others.Pursuing the lasting happiness of enlightenment (cultivating bodhicitta) without regard for the temporary pleasures of this life.Giving up clinging to things as being real and bringing emptiness into your experience.Guarding your actions of body, speech, and mind to exert yourself in gathering the two accumulations.