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Explanation of The Foundation for Good Qualities
translated by Alexander Berzin
Ulverston, England, October 1982
[edited transcript]
Session One: The Spiritual Master and a Precious Human Rebirth
Session Two: Further Points Concerning a Precious Human Rebirth, and Death and Impermanence
Session Three: Further Detail about Safe Direction and Behavioral Cause and Effect
Gaining Confidence in Buddha’s Teachings about Behavioral Cause and Effect
The Disadvantages of All Uncontrollably Recurring Samsaric Rebirths
Session Four: The Intermediate Scope of Motivation
The Purifying and Disturbing Pairs within the Four Noble Truths
The Vowed Restraints for Individual Liberation and the Importance of Keeping Ethics
The Need for Going Further, to an Advanced Level of Motivation
Session Five: An Aspiring Dedicated Heart of Bodhichitta
The Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing an Aspiring Dedicated Heart
The Next Steps in the Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching
The Initial Steps of Equalizing and Exchanging Our Attitudes about Ourselves and Others
The Remaining Steps Leading to Developing a Dedicated Heart of Bodhichitta