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'''Seven point pith instruction for generating bodhichitta related to its cause and effect''' (Tib. རྒྱུ་འབྲས་མན་ངག་བདུན་, [[Wyl.]] ''rgyu 'bras man ngag bdun'') — the way of generating [[bodhichitta]] as taught by [[Atisha]], which has the following seven points:

#recognizing beings as our past mothers
#remembering the kindness of beings
#a sense of gratitude for the kindness
#love, wishing beings have happiness
#compassion
#responsibility (Tib. ''lhaksam'')
#[[bodhichitta]]

The first six points relate to the causes of bodhichitta, and the last one is the result, bodhichitta itself.

==Alternative translations==
*The seven-point causal sequence giving birth to the attitude of bodhichitta (Padmakara)
*Seven-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing Bodhichitta (Alexander Berzin)

==Further Reading==
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), pages 276-278.

==External Links==
*[http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/sutra/level2_lamrim/advanced_scope/bodhichitta/explanation_seven_part_cause_effect/transcript_3.html 'Explanation of the even-Part Cause and Effect Quintessence Teaching for Developing Bodhichitta' by Alexander Berzin]

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