How we can use suffering and difficult situations to increase our compassion, instead of responding with anger

The disadvantages of anger, and how to keep the mind from getting angry by protecting against its cause—mental unhappiness.

How those who harm us can help us overcome anger, resentment, and grudges.

Continued explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others with the three points from the viewpoint of ourselves.

Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.

Explanation of the nine-point equalizing self and other meditation, covering point 1, how everyone equally wants happiness and to be free from suffering.

An explanation of equanimity and its importance in developing bodhicitta including a guided meditation on equanimity.

Exploring what anger is, its disadvantages and the antidotes.

How wealth causes suffering and that it is better to strive for the wealth of contentment.

A review of verses 1-37 of Chapter 8, with discussion of the meaning and purpose of cultivating solitude of body and mind in regard to developing concentration and bodhicitta.