Speaker: Stanton Dossett. Stanton conveys the importance of deeply contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma: precious human birth, impermanence, karma, and samsara. Appreciating our precious human birth and its impermanence inspires us to make the most of our opportunity to practice the Dharma. Grasping the power of karma to shape our future lives focuses our attention on engaging in right action. Being aware of the unnecessary suffering samsaric beings experience, lifetime after lifetime, opens our hearts and cultivates bodhicitta, the "mind set on enlightenment."