The only qualification we need to practise the lojong teaching is, as Lama Jampa Thaye has said, ‘our ordinary, confused mind, full of disturbing emotions, full of self-clinging and self-cherishing.’ With an unparalleled directness, they allow us to transform all situations, positive and negative, into the path of awakening.

The Eight Verses of Mind Training by Geshe Langri Tangpa

Saturday 4 November

The system of meditation practice known as mind training (lojong in Tibetan) is one of the most popular and widely-practised in Buddhism. Geshe Langri Thangpa’s work is one of the most celebrated spiritual teachings in Tibetan Buddhism. It offers us a method of transforming adverse circumstances into positive aspects of the path of awakening compassion.

Mind Training in One Session by Chim Namkha Drak

Sunday 5 November

This text was composed in the thirteenth century by Chim Namkha Drak, the great abbot of the Kadampa monastery of Narthang in Tibet. It comes from the mind training (lojong) collection of teachings of which there are two main streams. Inspired by Atisha, this stream encapsulates the essential steps of the Mahayana, presenting them in a way that we can apply directly to our own personal situation – like all lojong teachings.

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