Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, a professor of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma Lineage (bodhicittasangha.org), offered essential teachings on Patrül Rinpoché’s criteria for benefitting beings in this series of four retreat videos.
Patrül Rinpoché (1808-1887) was a great master in the Nyingma Lineage. He was considered an emanation of Shantideva and venerated in Tibet for his profound teachings on A Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva’s Life. Each video ends with a guided meditation: 1) analytical meditation to investigate your own commitment to benefit others; 2) meditation on exchanging one’s own body for another’s body to develop compassion; 3) single-pointed meditation to develop meditative concentration with awareness; and 4) recitation of bodhicitta prayers by Shantideva (685-763), the great bodhisattva from India.
Patrül Rinpoché’s text: Nine Considerations and Criteria for Benefiting Beings