thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The carnivorous demon of doubt
How doubt torments us along the path, and how difficult it is sometimes to recognize…
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Rejoicing in the happiness of others
Rejoicing in the good fortune and excellence of others relieves our minds of envy and…
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Dedication as generosity
The goodness that we create from dedicating merit is a practice of far-reaching generosity.
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The purpose of dedicating merit
Dedicating merit to steer it toward the way we want it to ripen. We should…
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White Tara at your heart
How to visualize and think about White Tara dissolving into you at the end of…
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Determining to benefit others
Making a firm determination to do what is important—transforming our minds in order to benefit…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Visualization in deity practice
How to work with the imagination to meditate on a Buddha figure.
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What is retreat?
Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…
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Chapter 5: Verses 34-54
Advice on developing mindfulness and introspective awareness by "remaining still like a piece of wood."
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Seeing the kindness of others
Remembering how we rely on other sentient beings for everything we know and everything we…
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Friend, enemy and stranger
Investigating how people become friends, enemies, and strangers; how the categories depend on our own…
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Look into your own mind
We should be careful when we want to judge others—especially based on religious views—and look…
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