Self-Cherishing

To overcome the karmic obstacles we create for ourselves, we must forcefully destroy the self-grasping underlying our compulsive destructive behavior.

With an extensive presentation of harmful situations that befall us, their karmic causes and the ways of behaving that will counter them, Dharmarakshita leads us to the practice of tonglen, giving and taking.

An in-depth presentation of the self, self-centeredness and love in Islam, based on the “Quran,” and in Buddhism, based on the Mahayana teachings.

Teachings on changing our attitudes toward self and others through mind training (lojong), enabling us to turn any situation we encounter into a path to enlightenment.

To reach enlightenment and benefit all others, we need to regard everyone as equal and instead of cherishing only ourselves, cherish all others as our primary concern.