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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Review: Purpose of the mind training practice
Review of introduction to the text and the practice of mind training.
View PostThe thief of self-centered thought
How we often view the self-centered thought as a friend, but the only thing that…
View PostReview: Our precious human life
Beginning review section of the preliminary four preliminary practices. Explores the first preliminary practice, the…
View PostReview: Death and impermanence
Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…
View PostReview: Karma
Review of the third of the four preliminary practices, karma. Includes review of the four…
View PostReview: The disadvantages of cyclic existence
Review of the six disadvantages of cyclic existence that are the result of not taking…
View PostReview: Advantages of bodhicitta
Reviewing the advantages of bodhicitta and the two methods for developing bodhicitta.
View PostThe effects of self-centeredness
How the self-centered attitude is not who we are, and how not to confuse it…
View PostReplacing self-centeredness with cherishing others
It is essential to cherish others in order to rid ourselves of self-centered thought. In…
View PostAdvantages of cherishing others
The advantages of cherishing others, what it means to cherish others, and how to view…
View PostReview: Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A review of the practices of cultivating equanimity and equalizing and exchanging self and others.
View PostThe kindness of others
Recognizing the kindness of others and seeing them as something to be cherished.
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