Seven-point Mind Training

Teachings on the Seven-point Mind Training by 12th-century Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa, one of the earliest texts in the thought transformation (lojong) genre of teachings.

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Seven-Point Mind Training (2024-25)

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Seven-point Mind Training with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2020)

Teachings on the Seven-point Mind Training by Geshe Chekawa given by Venerable Sangye Khadro, hosted online by Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore in 2020.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Commitments and instructions of mind training

The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…

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The five powers in life and death

Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.

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Bodhicitta and working with adversity

Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.

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The preliminaries & ultimate bodhichitta

Introduction to the "Seven-point Mind Training" by Geshe Chekawa and the first two points.

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Transforming adverse circumstances

How the mind training teachings challenge our self-centered thought and help us to uproot it.

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The foundation of mind training

The first three points in the Seven-point Mind Training text by Geshe Chekawa.

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Training in the five powers

Three levels of selfishness and training in the five powers during this lifetime and at…

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