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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Selflessness of phenomena
An explanation of the lack of an inherently existing "mine," and the selflessness of phenomena.…
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The source of happiness and misery
How to apply the teachings to our lives in a practical way.
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An inherently existent self
How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…
View PostThe self and the aggregates
Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.
View PostReview: Object of negation
A review of the commentary on identifying the object of negation: the reasoning used to…
View PostEstablishing selflessness
Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.
View PostThe root of samsara
How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…
View PostReview: Teachings on emptiness
A review of the beginning of the section on cultivating ultimate bodhicitta: creating the causes…
View PostReview: Bodhicitta and the afflictions
A review of the end of the section on cultivating conventional bodhicitta and the meaning…
View PostEmptiness of phenomena
How phenomena are designated by thought. Anger is presented as an example to show that…
View PostUltimate and conventional existence
How the mind grasps at a truly existing "I," and how ultimate analysis or probing…
View PostSelflessness, karma, and rebirth
A discussion about the different philosophical tenet systems, whether they all aim for buddhahood, how…
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