A Bodhicitta Practice -- Pema Chödrön

The practices of meditation, loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity are our tools.

To counteract the rascal, we arouse bodhicitta, the wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. Then we progressively practice in three stages. First, we contemplate the equality of ourselves and others. This enables us to practice tonglen, the exchange of self and other. Finally, we train ourselves to care for others more than ourselv