Power of prayer and familiarity
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Seven-point Mind Training 
Nov 5, 2009 A series of commentaries on Mind Training Like Rays of the Sun by Nam-kha Pel, a disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa, given between September 2008 and July 2010.
- Completion of the commentary on practicing the five powers at the time of death
- The power of prayer and the power of familiarity
- The aspirations and meditations that are beneficial at the time of death
- The importance of developing them while we are alive
- Beginning of the section on “The Measure of Having Trained the Mind”
- Ways to determine if we are making some progress with our practice
- The signs of effective mind training
MTRS 44: The five powers at death, part 2 (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
