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 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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Hate is not conquered by hate
When we see a fault in others we should turn the mirror on ourselves, and…
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Honestly looking at our afflictions
It is important to be honest when we are looking at our own mind and…
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Review: Ignorance and tenet systems
A review of the section on cultivating the awakening mind, including what ignorance is, avoiding…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review: Cultivating conventional bodhicitta
A review of transforming adverse circumstances into the path, the five forces, and the measure…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Conventional bodhicitta
A review of the text covering conventional bodhicitta and the two methods for developing bodhicitta.
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