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The Seven Points of Mind Training
བློ་སྦྱོང་དོན་བདུན་མ།
Geshe Chekawa
The classic presentation of mind training teachings, composed by the Kadampa master Geshe Chekawa in the twelfth century. Systematizing the lojong instructions into seven points with approximately 59 slogans, it covers the complete path from preliminaries through tonglen practice to the commitments and precepts of daily conduct.
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Part 0
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The Preliminaries
1,711 wordsསྔོན་འགྲོ་སྦྱང་བ།
Precious human birthDeath and impermanenceSuffering of samsaraFoundational contemplations
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The Main Practice: Training in Bodhicitta
1,741 wordsདངོས་གཞི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་སྦྱོང་བ།
Ultimate bodhicittaRelative bodhicittaTonglen practiceEmptiness meditation+1 more
3
Transforming Adversity into the Path
1,374 wordsམི་མཐུན་པའི་རྐྱེན་ལམ་དུ་སྦྱོར་བ།
Transforming obstacles into opportunitiesUsing suffering to develop compassionThe four kayas protection practiceWorking with blame and responsibility+1 more
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Applying the Practice throughout Life
1,600 wordsཚེ་གཅིག་ལ་བསྡུས་པའི་གདམས་པ།
Five Powers for Daily LifeFive Powers at DeathIntegrating Practice with Ordinary ActivitiesSpiritual Practice as Preparation for Death+1 more
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The Measure of Mind Training
1,208 wordsབློ་སྦྱོང་ཚད་མ།
Signs of progress in practiceSelf-assessment in mind trainingInner witness vs outer validationMaintaining joy in practice
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The Commitments of Mind Training
2,062 wordsབློ་སྦྱོང་གི་དམ་ཚིག།
Mind training commitmentsEthical conduct in practiceAvoiding spiritual pitfallsAuthentic dharma behavior+1 more
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The Precepts of Mind Training
3,542 wordsབློ་སྦྱོང་གི་མན་ངག།
Daily practice integrationConsistency and authenticityAvoiding spiritual pitfallsMaintaining proper motivation+1 more