The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas - One-Week Retreat
Day 1 - Introduction
David Oromith · 59 minutes · recorded August 24, 2024
The retreat opens with a meditation on settling body, speech and mind through relaxation, stillness and alertness. David then introduces the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas, telling the story of Gyelse Togme Zangpo giving his robes and blood to a diseased beggar, and outlines how the week will move through samatha, the four immeasurables and tonglen. He closes with the text's opening homage, on how emptiness and compassion stand together, and takes a question on how discussion will work.
Emptiness Illness and pain Relaxation Teacher and student The bodhisattva path Compassion (karuna) Shamatha (calm abiding) The four immeasurables Tonglen The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas