Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this one-minute excerpt, Geshe Pema Tsering explains a mind-training principle about two essential bookends to any positive action: cultivating a genuine motivation before beginning, and dedicating the merit toward enlightenment for all beings at the end. He then grounds the teaching in a simple daily practice — each evening, briefly recall all the wholesome actions done throughout the day and dedicate them together in one act. The framing is concise but complete, making this a useful standalone reminder for practitioners at any level who want to anchor daily activity within a broader spiritual orientation.
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File: 2005 08 02Q Bodhisattvas Way of Life.mp3
Teacher: Geshe Pema Tsering
Collection: Bodhisattva Way of Life 2005 Mar -2007 (Geshe Pema Tsering)
Date: 2005-08-02
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~247
Mhmm. Points of mind training, it says at the beginning and the end two things. And what this is referring to is that there is something that we should try and do before we do any practice or before we do any positive action, and it’s something that we should do after we’ve done it. So the thing that we should do in the beginning is try and develop the right motivation for doing whatever it is we’re going to do. And the thing that we do at the end that we should do at the end, is to dedicate what we’ve done to reaching enlightenment to benefit all sentient beings.
So especially this is a good thing to do at the end of the day. It’s a good idea to, folk or or remember all the positive things you’ve done at the end of it in a day at the end of the day, and, dedicate them to reaching enlightenment.