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Mind Training in Daily Life: Nothing Special

2 points by rramadass 3mo ago

rramadass 3mo ago
Lojong (Tibetan Mind Training) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong Mind Training: The Great Collection translated by Thupten Jinpa - https://wisdomexperience.org/product/mind-training/ https://wisdomexperience.org/product/mind-training/ The comprehensive and definitive collection of lojong texts. Essential Mind Training translated with introductions by Thupten Jinpa - https://wisdomexperience.org/product/essential-mind-training/ https://wisdomexperience.org/product/essential-mind-training... A subset of the works from the above larger book. Read/buy this one first since it categorizes and introduces each topic before the actual texts themselves.
begemotz 3mo ago
My favorite 'mind training' work is Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra. Technically this is not a lojong text but it always struck me that in purpose it most certainly is. I also remember reading somewhere that HHDL said something to that effect as well. As for lojong, Geshe Sonam Richen's Eight Verses for Training the Mind is a great little book (I really like his translations). B. Alan Wallace's A Passage from Solitude is an exposition on another core lojong text, Geshe Chekawa's Seven Points for Training the Mind.
- rramadass 3mo ago
  Get the "mother lode" that i mention here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918571 They contain all the lojong texts and also the earliest commentaries on them by Tibetan masters.
rramadass 3mo ago
Contains three parts; 1) Nothing Special about Ourselves or Our Feelings - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/nothing-special-about-ourselves-or-our-feelings https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... 2) Addiction to Social Networks and Text Messaging - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/addiction-to-social-networks-and-text-messaging https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... 3) The Eight Worldly Concerns and Conceptual Framework - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/the-eight-worldly-concerns-and-conceptual-framework https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... "Mind Training" is nothing otherworldly but merely exercises to modify/change one's attitudes and perspectives. The reason for such changes can be just to maintain equanimity when going through the everyday vicissitudes of life both good and bad. A highly practical discipline and training which is especially needed today given all that is currently going on in the world.

2 points by rramadass 3mo ago

Lojong (Tibetan Mind Training) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong Mind Training: The Great Collection translated by Thupten Jinpa - https://wisdomexperience.org/product/mind-training/ https://wisdomexperience.org/product/mind-training/ The comprehensive and definitive collection of lojong texts. Essential Mind Training translated with introductions by Thupten Jinpa - https://wisdomexperience.org/product/essential-mind-training/ https://wisdomexperience.org/product/essential-mind-training... A subset of the works from the above larger book. Read/buy this one first since it categorizes and introduces each topic before the actual texts themselves.

begemotz 3mo ago

My favorite 'mind training' work is Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra. Technically this is not a lojong text but it always struck me that in purpose it most certainly is. I also remember reading somewhere that HHDL said something to that effect as well. As for lojong, Geshe Sonam Richen's Eight Verses for Training the Mind is a great little book (I really like his translations). B. Alan Wallace's A Passage from Solitude is an exposition on another core lojong text, Geshe Chekawa's Seven Points for Training the Mind.

rramadass 3mo ago
Get the "mother lode" that i mention here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918571 They contain all the lojong texts and also the earliest commentaries on them by Tibetan masters.

rramadass 3mo ago

Contains three parts; 1) Nothing Special about Ourselves or Our Feelings - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/nothing-special-about-ourselves-or-our-feelings https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... 2) Addiction to Social Networks and Text Messaging - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/addiction-to-social-networks-and-text-messaging https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... 3) The Eight Worldly Concerns and Conceptual Framework - https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/what-is-mind-training/mind-training-in-daily-life-nothing-special/the-eight-worldly-concerns-and-conceptual-framework https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training/... "Mind Training" is nothing otherworldly but merely exercises to modify/change one's attitudes and perspectives. The reason for such changes can be just to maintain equanimity when going through the everyday vicissitudes of life both good and bad. A highly practical discipline and training which is especially needed today given all that is currently going on in the world.