Seven Points of Mind Training (Audio Download)

Description

Lama Kathy Wesley begins by demonstrating that to experience the happiness we seek, we must first transform our habit of self-cherishing. By training in loving kindness and compassion, Lojong Practice provides the antidote for self-cherishing and, therefore, the foundation for genuine happiness. However, we must first tame our mind. Therefore, Lama Kathy teaches samatha and leads a practice session. Lama Kathy explains that The Seven Points of Mind Training is not simply a collection of slogans. Rather it is a complete system of practice starting with preliminaries and leading to enlightenment. She then presents mind training Preliminary Practices (Point 1). The main practice is Training in Ultimate and Relative Bodhicitta (Point 2). After presenting four contemplations on Ultimate Bodhicitta, Lama Kathy dedicates an entire talk to Relative Bodhicitta practices of formal and post-meditation sending and taking. She provides detailed practice instructions, leads a guided practice session, and takes questions. She concludes by explaining where Mind Training fits in the three-yana journey and by teaching Point 3: Transforming Adverse Circumstances into the Path. Lama Kathy gives opportunities for questions throughout this teaching. These talks are based on Thrangu Rinpoche's Heart of the Dharma, and Jamgon Kongtrul's Great Path of Awakening. Five talks Audio Download.

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