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The power of mind : a Tibetan monk's guide to finding freedom in every challenge / Khentrul Lodrö T'hayé ; translated by Paloma Lopez Landry ; edited by Paloma Lopez Landry, Ibby Caputo and Paul Gustafson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, CO : Shambhala Publications, 2022Edition: First EditionDescription: xv, 278 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781645470878
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/444 23/eng/20220110
LOC classification:
  • BQ7805 .K54 2022
Contents:
Foreword / by Tsultrim Lodrö in Sertang Larung -- Translator's Guide for How to Read This Book -- Introduction -- Part I. Building a Foundation for Freedom: The Preliminaries: 1. This Precious Human Life: The Power of Being Human -- 2. Impermanence: No One Lives Forever -- 3. Karma, Cause, and Result: Actions Have Consequences -- 4. Suffering: The Unsatisfying Nature of All Things -- Part II. Mind Freeing Mind: The Practice: 5. Ultimate Bodhichitta: The True Nature of Reality -- 6. Relative Bodhichitta: The Awakened Heart -- Part III. Transforming Adversity: Turning Hardships into Opportunities: 7. Using Relative Reality for Transformation -- 8. Using Ultimate Reality for Transformation -- 9. Using Creative Methods for Transformation -- Part IV. Training in Living and Dying: Applying the Practice in All Circumstances: 10. How to Train during This Life -- 11. How to Train While Dying -- Part V. Assessing Proficiency: Recognizing the Signs of Progress: 12. Four Ways to Measure Your Growth -- Part VI. Living in Harmony with Practice: Commitments of the Path: 13. Sixteen Actions to Avoid That Contradict Mind Training -- Part VII. Support for Taming the Mind: Key Advice: 14. Twenty-One Actions to Adopt That Support Mind Training -- 15. The Excellent Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Atisha's Life Story and the Lineage of Mind Training -- Appendix 2: The Root Text of the Seven Key Points of Mind Training -- Appendix 3: The Six Classes of Beings -- Appendix 4: Tonglen Meditation -- Appendix 5: Dedication and Aspiration Prayers -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: "We've all heard platitudes cultivating love and compassion but how can we really cultivate these qualities in ourselves and-crucially - share them in our world? Mind Frees Mind provides a proven method for doing so. 1,000 years ago the Indian saint Atisha endured great hardship through long land and sea journeys to bring these teachings, implicit in the very first teachings of the Buddha, to Tibet where they flourished and became a set of coherent practices. Khentrul Rinpoche introduces readers to one of essential texts from this genre, the Seven Key Points of Mind Training. This short, pithy work is taught widely by revered teachers like the Dalai Lama, Chogyam Trungpa, Pema Chodron and more. Like them, Khentrul Rinpoche comes from the direct teaching tradition of these practices and learned them from his teachers who endured innumerable hardships during the Chinese cultural revolution. Rinpoche was moved by the ability of these teachers who, like alchemists, were able to take their pain and suffering endured in Chinese prisons and turn it into something good, using the very techniques he shares in this book. This wisdom is accessible to anyone seeking inner transformation-whether Buddhist or not. As Khentrul Rinpoche states, "Peace and happiness can be attained, but not by searching for something in the outside world. They start within us then extend out to the entire globe.""-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Tsultrim Lodrö in Sertang Larung -- Translator's Guide for How to Read This Book -- Introduction -- Part I. Building a Foundation for Freedom: The Preliminaries: 1. This Precious Human Life: The Power of Being Human -- 2. Impermanence: No One Lives Forever -- 3. Karma, Cause, and Result: Actions Have Consequences -- 4. Suffering: The Unsatisfying Nature of All Things -- Part II. Mind Freeing Mind: The Practice: 5. Ultimate Bodhichitta: The True Nature of Reality -- 6. Relative Bodhichitta: The Awakened Heart -- Part III. Transforming Adversity: Turning Hardships into Opportunities: 7. Using Relative Reality for Transformation -- 8. Using Ultimate Reality for Transformation -- 9. Using Creative Methods for Transformation -- Part IV. Training in Living and Dying: Applying the Practice in All Circumstances: 10. How to Train during This Life -- 11. How to Train While Dying -- Part V. Assessing Proficiency: Recognizing the Signs of Progress: 12. Four Ways to Measure Your Growth -- Part VI. Living in Harmony with Practice: Commitments of the Path: 13. Sixteen Actions to Avoid That Contradict Mind Training -- Part VII. Support for Taming the Mind: Key Advice: 14. Twenty-One Actions to Adopt That Support Mind Training -- 15. The Excellent Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Atisha's Life Story and the Lineage of Mind Training -- Appendix 2: The Root Text of the Seven Key Points of Mind Training -- Appendix 3: The Six Classes of Beings -- Appendix 4: Tonglen Meditation -- Appendix 5: Dedication and Aspiration Prayers -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

"We've all heard platitudes cultivating love and compassion but how can we really cultivate these qualities in ourselves and-crucially - share them in our world? Mind Frees Mind provides a proven method for doing so. 1,000 years ago the Indian saint Atisha endured great hardship through long land and sea journeys to bring these teachings, implicit in the very first teachings of the Buddha, to Tibet where they flourished and became a set of coherent practices. Khentrul Rinpoche introduces readers to one of essential texts from this genre, the Seven Key Points of Mind Training. This short, pithy work is taught widely by revered teachers like the Dalai Lama, Chogyam Trungpa, Pema Chodron and more. Like them, Khentrul Rinpoche comes from the direct teaching tradition of these practices and learned them from his teachers who endured innumerable hardships during the Chinese cultural revolution. Rinpoche was moved by the ability of these teachers who, like alchemists, were able to take their pain and suffering endured in Chinese prisons and turn it into something good, using the very techniques he shares in this book. This wisdom is accessible to anyone seeking inner transformation-whether Buddhist or not. As Khentrul Rinpoche states, "Peace and happiness can be attained, but not by searching for something in the outside world. They start within us then extend out to the entire globe.""-- Provided by publisher.