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Overview
The key to happiness is not the eradication of all problems but rather the development of a mind capable of transforming any problem into a cause of happiness. Essential Mind Training is full of guidance for cultivating new mental habits for mastering our thoughts and emotions.
This volume contains eighteen individual works selected from Mind Training: The Great Collection, the earliest compilation of mind-training (lojong) literature. The first volume of the historic Tibetan Classics series, Essential Mind Training includes both lesser-known and renowned classics such as Eight Verses on Mind Training and The Seven-Point Mind Training. These texts offer methods for practicing the golden rule of learning to love your neighbor as yourself and are full of practical and down-to-earth advice.
The techniques explained here, by enhancing our capacity for compassion, love, and perseverance, can give us the freedom to embrace the world.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780861717149 |
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Publisher: | Wisdom Publications MA |
Publication date: | 11/14/2011 |
Series: | Tibetan Classics |
Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 296 |
File size: | 3 MB |
About the Author
Jinpa has published scholarly articles on various aspects of Tibetan culture, Buddhism, and philosophy, and books such as Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Poems of Awakening and Insight (co-authored) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought. He serves on the advisory board of numerous educational and cultural organizations in North America, Europe, and India. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to translating key Tibetan classics into contemporary languages. He also currently chairs the Mind and Life Institute.
Thupten Jinpa Langri was educated in the classical Tibetan monastic academia and received the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharam (equivalent to a doctorate in divinity). Jinpa also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1985, he has been the principal English-language translator to the Dalai Lama. He has translated and edited many books by the Dalai Lama, including The World of Tibetan Buddhism, Essence of the Heart Sutra, and Ethics for the New Millennium. Jinpa has published scholarly articles on various aspects of Tibetan culture, Buddhism, and philosophy, and books such as Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-authored) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought. He serves on the advisory board of numerous educational and cultural organizations in North America, Europe, and India. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to translating key Tibetan classics into contemporary languages. He also currently chairs the Mind and Life Institute.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Atisa's Legacy 21
1 Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland: Atisa 25
2 Root Lines of Mahayana Mind Training: Attributed to Atisa 31
Seven Points 35
3 Seven-Point Mind Training: Chekawa Yeshé Dorjé 39
4 A Commentary on the "Seven-Point Mind Training": Sé Chilbu Chökyi Gyaltsen 43
Eight Verses 103
5 Eight Verses on Mind Training: Langri Tbangpa 107
6 A Commentary on "Eight Verses on Mind Training": Chekawa Yeshé Dorjé 111
Equanimity 127
7 Leveling Out All Conceptions: Attributed to Serlingpa 131
8 A Commentary on "Leveling Out All Conceptions": Attributed to Atisa 135
Karmic Justice 143
9 Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Attributed to Dharmaraksita 149
A Vajra Song 175
10 Melodies of an Adamantine Song: A Chanting Meditation on Mind Training: Attributed to Maitrlyogi 179
Transforming Adversity 185
11 A Teaching on Taking Afflictions onto the Path 187
12 Mind Training Taking Joys and Pains onto the Path 189
New Attitudes 193
13 Sumpa Lotsawa's Ear-Whispered Mind Training 197
14 Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Mind Training 201
15 Mind Training Removing Obstacles 211
16 Mahayana Mind Training Eliminating Future Adversities 213
Formal Practices 221
17 Mind Training in a Single Session: Chim Namkha Drak 223
18 Glorious Virvapa's Mind Training: Lo Lotsãwa 231
Notes 239
Glossary 255
Bibliography 269
Index of Names and Titles 275