Towards Bodhicitta: Responding With Altruism

This meditation is from a series of teachings Venerable Sangye Khadro gave in part of the text “Ornament for Clear Realization.” This is the eighth meditation of 11, though they do not need to be listened to in order.

Using a familiar situation to compare the mind of anger with the mind of altruism, we notice a key difference: the absence of self-cherishing in the latter. Seeing that anger destroys our peace of mind, let’s determine to respond with altruism instead next time.