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Bodhicitta: The Highly Potent Elixir of Transformation

Published: Feb. 4, 2023, 5 a.m.

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"Taking this image of the human form the Bodhicitta transmutes it into the priceless image of the Jewel of the Conqueror. Grasp tightly this highly potent elixir, known as the Bodhicitta, which must be thoroughly worked."\\xa0


In this talk on Shantideva\'s Bodhicaryavatara Padmavajra speaks of Sangharakshita\'s evocation of the Bodhicitta. Here, he discusses some of the verses of the first chapter, especially of verse ten, in which the Bodhicitta is likened to the highly potent quicksilver elixir of the alchemist, capable of transforming the worst of things into the Bodhicitta. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, April 2020, as part of the series Shantideva\'s Bodhicaryavatara.

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