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.

Completing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining various meanings of equality of samsara and nirvana and how clear light mind is understood according to sutra and tantra vehicles.

How the cause of problems and pain is not the objects of attachment themselves, but the mind of attachment or desire.

Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental states limitlessly and why afflictive mental states are not in the nature of the mind.

Commentary on Shantideva's verses that point out the disadvantages of samsara, in order to develop a strong mind that strives for liberation.