The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas is a classic Tibetan Buddhist text by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo. It offers practical guidance for living with wisdom, compassion, and awakening for the benefit of all beings. The full PDF- 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Foundation

  1. Value this precious human life and use it wisely.

  2. Leave behind habits and environments that fuel suffering.

  3. Seek conditions that support practice and clarity.

  4. Remember impermanence and death—time is limited.

Letting Go

  1. Avoid relationships that increase greed, anger, and confusion.

  2. Rely on wise teachers and spiritual friends.

  3. Understand that worldly pleasures cannot provide lasting security.

  4. Commit to a path that leads beyond suffering.

Compassion

  1. Recognize that all beings seek happiness, just as you do.

  2. Cultivate bodhicitta—the wish to awaken for everyone's benefit.

  3. Exchange self-centeredness for concern for others.

  4. Practice generosity, even when it feels difficult.

Working with Difficulty

  1. When others harm you, respond with compassion rather than hatred.

  2. Accept criticism without becoming defensive.

  3. Remain humble when praised.

  4. Continue caring for people even when they disappoint you.

  5. See difficult people as teachers.

The Six Perfections

  1. Practice generosity.

  2. Practice ethical conduct.

  3. Practice patience.

  4. Practice joyful effort.

  5. Practice meditation.

  6. Practice wisdom.

Understanding Reality

  1. Examine how the mind creates stories and attachments.

  2. See that experiences arise through causes and conditions.

  3. Recognize the empty, interconnected nature of all phenomena.

  4. Avoid grasping at fixed identities and views.

Daily Life Practice

  1. Turn obstacles into opportunities for awakening.

  2. Dedicate your actions to the benefit of all beings.

  3. Maintain mindfulness throughout the day.

  4. Continually examine your own mind.

  5. Work with afflictive emotions rather than suppressing them.

  6. Avoid judging others.

  7. Speak kindly and truthfully.

  8. Reduce attachment to praise, gain, and reputation.

  9. Return again and again to compassion and wisdom.

  10. Dedicate all merit and goodness to the liberation of all beings.

One-Sentence Summary

A Bodhisattva trains to meet every experience—pleasant or painful—with wisdom, compassion, humility, and the sincere wish to benefit all beings.

For a Three Mountains reflection, the essence could be:

Our lives are the practice. Every encounter is an opportunity to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and liberation for ourselves and all beings.