Thought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
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Review: Advantages of bodhicitta
Reviewing the advantages of bodhicitta and the two methods for developing bodhicitta.
View PostReview: The disadvantages of cyclic existence
Review of the six disadvantages of cyclic existence that are the result of not taking…
View PostReview: Karma
Review of the third of the four preliminary practices, karma. Includes review of the four…
View PostReview: Death and impermanence
Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…
View PostReview: Our precious human life
Beginning review section of the preliminary four preliminary practices. Explores the first preliminary practice, the…
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: Purpose of the mind training practice
Review of introduction to the text and the practice of mind training.
View PostEqualizing self and others
Completing the section of the text explaining equalizing self and others by looking at things…
View PostDeveloping bodhicitta
Equalizing and exchanging self and others and an explanation of the first six points of…
View PostThe altruistic intention
The seven-point cause and effect technique for generating bodhicitta: the last five points.
View PostSeeing the kindness of our parents
The first two of the seven points of the cause and effect method of generating…
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