The foundation of mind training

Teachings on the seven-point mind training hosted online by Dharmakaya Buddhist Center in Reno, Nevada in September 2024.

  • The purpose of mind training
  • Introduction of the author of the text, Geshe Chekawa
  • First, train in the preliminary practices
    • Precious human life
    • Impermanence and death
    • Karma and its effects
    • Faults of samsara
  • Second, the main practice
    • Generating ultimate bodhicitta
    • Generating conventional bodhicitta
    • Five degenerations of our time
    • How to transform these into our spiritual practice


The second teaching in this series:

Transforming adverse circumstances

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.