由地到天的二十二层象征着修行者修炼成佛愿（菩提心）的历程，从初级菩萨的初始动机开始，最后到佛陀心中的圆满菩提心。
此教授源自证者无著大师所著的《现证庄严论》以及宗喀巴大师所著的对应论释《现证庄严论金鬘疏》。
经由格西麦克的其中一位弟子的请求，格西于2016年4月22日凌晨时分在北京的酒店房间做了此私密教授。教授为英文，有中文翻译。
為了使它成為一個更強大的學習工具，我們將每張圖片鏈接到視頻中 Geshe Michael 解釋重要思想的確切時間。 您只需單擊每個 Idim，它就會在精確位置打開視頻。
Idim 40.1: An offering of the lower half, to prove it can be done
Idim 40.2: Make a prayer to be like Courage, who gave his body to the tiger
Idim 40.3: Croissant meditation
Idim 40.4: Someone to be patient towards
Idim 40.5: More precious than a wish-giving gem
Idim 40.6: Drowning in four rivers
Idim 40.7: Advice from the Offering to Lamas
Idim 40.8: Switching out
Idim 40.9: Giving before taking
Idim 40.10: Using the razor of taking
Idim 40.11: Working through the realms
Idim 40.12: Tonglen on myself
Idim 40.13: Spreading it to all planets
Idim 40.14: Finally, our enemy…
Idim 40.15: Skipping, like the Lion’s Dance
Idim 40.16: Scared is good
Idim 40.17: I will be the rain
Idim 40.18: Safe & warm
Idim 40.19: The definition of delicious
Idim 40.20: A gift of pen thinking
Idim 40.21: Whatever they want
Idim 40.22a: A new mantra for us, all day
Idim 40.22b: Bless me, Lama of Compassion
Idim 40.23: Lung sems jukpa chik
Idim 40.24: Teacher breathing
Idim 40.25: Back to pung sumpa with others nearby
Idim 40.26: The dangers of success
Idim 40.27: The anachronism of germs
Idim 40.28: Tracing back; detective work
Idim 40.28a: A place to work out our bad karma
Idim 40.29: Happy I succeeded
Idim 40.30: An inspiration rather than an obstacle
Idim 40.31: Wake up call from Muara Jambi
Idim 40.32: Protest movement by emptiness
Idim 40.33: Disasters are your friend
Idim 40.34: Careful on the narrow way
Idim 40.35: A great fixer for pride
Idim 40.36: credit card troubles
