Essential Mind Training
by Jinpa, ThuptenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-11-22
Publisher(s): Wisdom Publications
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Summary
Tibetans Revere the mind training (lojong) tradition for its practical and down-to-earth advice. The key to happiness is not a life free of problems but rather the development of a mind capable of transforming any problem or situation into a cause of happiness. Translated and introduced by the Dalai Lama's own translator, Thupten Jinpa, Essential Mind Training contains eighteen individual works, including such renowned classics as Eight Verses on Mind Training and The Seven-Point Mind Training. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Thupten Jinpa has been the principal English-Languare translator for his holiness the Dalai Lama for more than two decades and is president of the Institute of Tibetan classic. A former monk, he completed his doctorate in religious studies at Cambridge University. Author of many books, he also teaches at McGill University in Montreal
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| p. 21 | |
| Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland: Atisa | p. 25 |
| Root Lines of Mahayana Mind Training: Attributed to Atisa | p. 31 |
| p. 35 | |
| Seven-Point Mind Training: Chekawa Yeshé Dorjé | p. 39 |
| A Commentary on the "Seven-Point Mind Training": Sé Chilbu Chökyi Gyaltsen | p. 43 |
| Eight Verses | p. 103 |
| Eight Verses on Mind Training: Langri Tbangpa | p. 107 |
| A Commentary on "Eight Verses on Mind Training": Chekawa Yeshé Dorjé | p. 111 |
| Equanimity | p. 127 |
| Leveling Out All Conceptions: Attributed to Serlingpa | p. 131 |
| A Commentary on "Leveling Out All Conceptions": Attributed to Atisa | p. 135 |
| Karmic Justice | p. 143 |
| Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Attributed to Dharmaraksita | p. 149 |
| A Vajra Song | p. 175 |
| Melodies of an Adamantine Song: A Chanting Meditation on Mind Training: Attributed to Maitrlyogi | p. 179 |
| Transforming Adversity | p. 185 |
| A Teaching on Taking Afflictions onto the Path | p. 187 |
| Mind Training Taking Joys and Pains onto the Path | p. 189 |
| New Attitudes | p. 193 |
| Sumpa Lotsawa's Ear-Whispered Mind Training | p. 197 |
| Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Mind Training | p. 201 |
| Mind Training Removing Obstacles | p. 211 |
| Mahayana Mind Training Eliminating Future Adversities | p. 213 |
| Formal Practices | p. 221 |
| Mind Training in a Single Session: Chim Namkha Drak | p. 223 |
| Glorious Virvapa's Mind Training: Lo Lotsãwa | p. 231 |
| Notes | p. 239 |
| Glossary | p. 255 |
| Bibliography | p. 269 |
| Index of Names and Titles | p. 275 |
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