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In this talk, \\u201cGenerating Bodhi Mind\\u201d Vajratara guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapa\\u2019s short text on \\u201cThe Three Principle Aspects of the Path\\u201d. The verses contain some strong and striking images for what it feels like being caught in Samsara and they come to life in Vajratara\\u2019s talk. She relates how she nearly came to death herself swept away by a Indonesian river and that was just an ordinary river current, never mind the current of Samsara! At the end of the talk she suggests that of the Bodhicitta practises we might take up \\u2013 the puja or the various reflections on the suffering of beings \\u2013 the most useful and effective Bodhichitta practice is the practice of sangha, of spiritual community.

Talk given at Taraloka, May 2009.