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'''[[Bodhicharyavatara]] Chapter Two: Confession''' - topical outline based on the commentary by [[Khenpo Kunpal]].

==I. The Making of Offerings (The eight branch offering)==
===A. Material Offerings===
# The Offering of One’s Possessions (1)
# The Offering of Things Unowned (2–7)
# The Offering of One’s Body (8–9)
===B. Offerings Manifested by the Power of the Mind===
# The Offering of a Ceremonial Bath (10–13)
# Offerings of Pleasant Substances (14–19)
===C. Offerings Made Through the Power of Aspiration (20–21) D. The Unsurpassable Offering (22)===
===D. The Offering of Melodious Praise (23)===
 
==II. An Act of Veneration / Prostrations (24–25) ==
==III. Taking Refuge==
===A. The General Principles of Refuge ===
# The Cause of Refuge
# The Essence of Refuge
# The Different Kinds of Refuge
====i) An Explanation of Provisional Causal Refuge ====
====ii) An explanation of Ultimate Resultant Refuge====
====iii) Refuge According To the Bodhicharyavatara====
# An Explanation of Hinayana Refuge
# An Explanation of Mahayana Refuge (26)
# The General Way of Taking Refuge 
## Refuge Precepts
==IV Confession of negative actions==
===A. The visualization of the witnesses of one’s confession (27)===
===B. The confession itself===
# The strength of regretting that one has done wrong (28-46) 
# The strength of support (47 – 53)
# The strength of the remedial practice (54 – 65)
# The strength of amendment

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