Contemplation: An End to Hatred

After reviewing the guidelines for the practice, take the following as your contemplation:


"He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

Dhammapada, trans. Bikkhu Bodhi

Contemplation: Not Even the Names

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your contemplation:

At this very moment, for the peoples and nations of the Earth,

May not even the names disease, famine, war and suffering be heard.

But rather may pure conduct, merit, wealth and prosperity increase,

And may supreme good fortune and well-being always arise!

 Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's Aspiration Prayer

Contemplation: All this fleeting world

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your contemplation:

Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

(from the Diamond Sutra, chap. 32, trans. A.F. Price and Wong Mou-Lan)

Contemplation: A Pure, Lucid Mind

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your contemplation:

Subhuti, all bodhisattvas, lesser and great, should develop a pure, lucid mind, not depending on sound, flavor, odor, touch, or any quality.  A bodhisattva should develop a mind that alights upon nothing whatsoever.

from the Diamond Sutra, chap. 10, trans. A.F. Price and Wong Mou-Lan