The foundation of mind training
01 Seven-point mind training
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Seven-point Mind Training 
Sep 7, 2024 Teachings on the seven-point mind training hosted online by Dharmakaya Buddhist Center in Reno, Nevada. The root text is published in Advice from a Spiritual Friend.
- 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
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.
