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Lojong 7 Point Mind Training Teaching (2007)  $90.00

Teaching given at Calm Abiding Retreat 2007.

Order CodeTape Details
LJ07/C01 CD 1    [5/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Background; Homage; Six-line prayer; Diamond-like characteristics; Sun-like characteristics; Medicinal tree-like characteristics; Meaning should be known Degenerations; Why do we need to accept blame? Point One: First train in the Preliminaries; Unsatisfactoriness created by selfishness Precious human rebirth.
LJ07/C02 CD 2    [6/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Law of impermanence and death; Recap; Developing relative Bodhicitta; Accepting blame; Understanding through law of impermanence and death; Karmic purification.
LJ07/C03 CD 3    [7/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Meditate on great kindness of all; Bodhicitta vows; Tong Len practice; Train to give and accept; First accept difficulties in own life; Mount on the breath; Accepting others sufferings.
LJ07/C04 CD 4    [8/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Recap; Relative bodhicitta; Accept small things first; The three objects; Mental formations (cont on CD 5).
LJ07/C05 CD 5    [9/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Mental formations continued; Train with words; Cultivating ultimate bodhicitta; Emptiness of self – see all as a dream; Note on Karma; Recap; Examine the unborn nature of awareness; Even the antidote itself is liberated from its own side; Let the nature of the path rest in the sphere of the basis of all.
LJ07/C06 CD 6    [10/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Between sessions act as an illusory being; Point three transforming negative conditions; Apply meditation to whatever circumstances one meets; Purification of negative karma; Appeasing evil spirits; Appeasing positive spirits; Point four – Integrating into life-long practice.
LJ07/C07 CD 7    [11/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Power of white seed; Power of transformation; Power of familiarity; Power of aspiration; Recap – discourse; Fifth point: omens of success.
LJ07/C08 CD 8    [12/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Rely on the better of two witnesses; Always prioritise and rely upon mental happiness; A reverse attitude is the sign of transformation; Possessing five greatnesses is the sign of being trained; One is trained if one can practice even when distracted; Recap and discourse.
LJ07/C09 CD 9    [13/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Sixth point: pledges of the mind; Change ones attitude and maintain it firmly; Do not discuss the shortcomings of others; Do not think about the other side; Purify the heaviest affliction first.
LJ07/C10 CD 10    [13/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Purify the heaviest affliction first (cont); Recap; Give up all expected results; Give up poisonous food; Do not act leniently with your central affliction; Do not retaliate to verbal abuse; Do not wait in ambush; Do not strike at cardinal weakness; Do not load the burden of a dzo on an ox; Do not be devious.
LJ07/C11 CD 11    [13/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Do not aim at being the first to reach the summit; Do not bring a god down to a devil; Do not seek others unhappiness as an attribute; Practice all yogsa by means of one yoga; Perform all unruly suppressions by one suppression; The two actions are one at the beginning and one at the end; Instructions on how to maintain the practice.
LJ07/C12 CD 12    [13/10/2007 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Question and answer; Power; Questions and answers

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