The Great Path of Awakening: An Easily Accessible Introduction for Ordinary People, a Commentary on the Mahayana Teaching of the Seven Points of Mind Training
The Great Path of Awakening is a translation of nineteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary on the seven points of mind training. It provides clear and concise instructions for the realization of bodhicitta, or "awakened heart". The instructions concern emptiness and the nature of mind, as well as exchanging oneself for others. Specific guidelines are given for following the instructions in everyday life through the use of the fifty-nine "Mahayana slogans", which Tibetans have used for many years ...
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The Great Path of Awakening is a translation of nineteenth-century Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary on the seven points of mind training. It provides clear and concise instructions for the realization of bodhicitta, or "awakened heart". The instructions concern emptiness and the nature of mind, as well as exchanging oneself for others. Specific guidelines are given for following the instructions in everyday life through the use of the fifty-nine "Mahayana slogans", which Tibetans have used for many years as extremely potent medicines for the mind and the heart. The brief, pithy slogans are presented here with Jamgon Kongtrul's lucid commentary, as tools for cutting through illusion and for realizing bodhicitta. The include such imperatives as: "Be grateful to everyone"", Always have the support of a joyful mind", and "Don't put the horse's load on a pony".
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