One of the two methods for developing a bodhichitta aim. Based on the development of equanimity, (1) mother-awareness, (2) remembering kindness, (3) repaying kindness, (4) love, (5) compassion, (6) exceptional resolve, (7) a bodhichitta aim. The first six, developed consecutively, function as the causes for the seventh as the result.
Tibetan: རྒྱུ་འབྲས་མན་ངག་བདུན། rgyu-'bras man-ngag bdun
J. Hopkins: Seven cause-and-effect quintessential instructions
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