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Seven
Points of Mind Training by Atisha
Five
Talks by Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche with translation
by Christoph Klonk was held on July 16 -18, 2010
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Atisha's
Seven Points of Mind Training (Lojong)
1. The Preliminaries
to Mind Training
2. The Main Practice of Training the Mind in Bodhichitta
3. Transforming Adversity into the Path of Awakening
4. Applying the Practice Throughout One's Whole Life
5. The Measure or Signs of Proficiency in Mind Training
6. The Commitments of Mind Training
7. The Precepts of Mind Training
Atisha Dipamkara Shrijñana
(982-1054) was a great Indian master and scholar.
He was the author of
many texts and one of the main teachers at the famous university
of Vikramashila.Atisha was a strict follower of the monastic
rule and was widely acclaimed for the purity of his teaching.
He spent the last ten years of his life in Tibet, teaching
and translating texts. His disciples founded the Kadampa
school.
In the
company of others, guard your speech;
Whenever you are alone, guard your mind.
Atisha:The Jewel Rosary of the Bodhisattvas |
| Translations
and Contemporary Commentaries In English (taken from Rigpawiki)
* B. Alan Wallace, Seven Point Mind Training,
Snow Lion Publications, 2004
* B. Alan Wallace, Buddhism with an Attitude, Snow Lion
Publications, 2003
* Dalai Lama, Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart,
the Dalai Lama (based on a commentary entitled The Rays
of the Sun, by Hortön Namkha Pel, a disciple of Tsongkhapa),
Harper San Francisco, 1995
* Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Enlightened Courage, Editions
Padmakara, 1992
* Chögyam Trungpa, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving
Kindness, Shambhala, 1993
* Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Achieving Bodhichitta, Mahayana
Sutra and Tantra Press, 1999
* Geshe Rabten & Geshe Dhargyey, Advice for a Spiritual
Friend, Wisdom Publications, 1996
* Geshe Thupten Jinpa (translator), Mind Training: The Great
Collection (as part of an anthology of early lojong texts),
Wisdom Publications, 2005
* Gomo Tulku, Becoming a Child of the Buddhas, Wisdom Publications,
1998
* Jamgön Kongtrul, The Great Path of Awakening, translated
by Ken McLeod, Shambhala, 2005
* Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are, Shambhala Publications,
2001
* Ringu Tulku Mind Training, Snow Lion Publications, 2007
* Traleg Kyabgon, Benevolent Mind, Zhyisil Chokyi Publications,
2004
* Traleg Kyabgon, The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion
Through Training the Mind, Shambhala Publications, 2007
* Zhechen Gyaltsab Gyurmed Padma Namgyal, Path of Heroes:
Birth of Enlightenment (two volumes), Dharma Press, 1995
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