# 08 Breaking the Cycle of Samsara: Eight Mahayana Precepts and Chenrezig Sadhana   24-Apr-2003

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Our current bodies carry the seeds of disturbing thoughts and defilements, and they perpetuate samsara. The continuity of these aggregates, including consciousness, never breaks, constantly circling from one life to the next. The general suffering of samsara includes the impermanence of everything, the unsatisfactory nature of desires, and the inevitability of leaving our bodies behind. Sentient beings have never experienced even a moment of true happiness in samsara because even samsaric pleasures are suffering. The overwhelming suffering experienced in samsara is due to misconceptions about the self and the attachment to impermanent and contaminated phenomena. These misconceptions perpetuate suffering in the realms of samsara, stretching back into beginningless time. We urgently need to break free from these wrong concepts, as they lead to endless suffering. The opportunity to have a human body with the potential for spiritual practice arises from the kindness of sentient beings. Every single sentient being has contributed to this opportunity through their kindness. Achieving liberation, enlightenment, and all levels of happiness depends entirely on the kindness and existence of sentient beings. We need to cherish and work for sentient beings, pledging to free them from suffering and bring them to enlightenment. The root of happiness and spiritual growth lies in cherishing others, and this cherishing originates from great compassion, generated in response to the suffering of sentient beings. By taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts with bodhichitta motivation, the merit accumulated multiplies exponentially, potentially by millions of times. Living in accordance with each precept leads to the accumulation of limitless skies of merit. Each precept serves as an opportunity…

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