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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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-2: Filling containers

The importance of generating our motivation before doing an action to make even neutral actions…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 26-1: Filled with good qualities

Seeing filled containers with a generous mind and wishing good qualities for others.

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-2: Ascetic practices

A description and the purposes of 12 ascetic practices that the Buddha allowed.

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

The welfare of all beings

What it means to work for the wellbeing and happiness of all sentient beings. Seeing…

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

The reality of our existence

Seeing that there is no freedom when we take rebirth under ignorance, afflictions, and karma.…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 25-1: Without ornaments

A practice to transform whatever we encounter, so that it’s not related to ego.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Contemplating death

Contemplating death helps us establish healthy relationships with our friends, our possessions, and our body.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Introduction to the nine-point death meditation

An introduction to the nine-point death meditation. Two sets of three points are covered in…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 24-1: Wearing ornaments

Being adorned by inner qualities of generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude, joyous effort, meditative stabilization, and…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 23-2: Mahayana walking meditation

Walking meditation in Mahayana, Pali and Prasangika way. Not to let a moment go by…

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