The commitments of mind training
Seven Point Mind Training by Ven Sangye Khadro - Part 10
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Seven-point Mind Training 
Sep 13, 2020 Part of a series of 12 teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro given online at Amitabha Buddhist Centre from July to September 2020.
- Guided meditation on constantly cultivating a joyful mind
- Additional thoughts on the questions and answers from the previous session
- The 6th point of mind training: commitments and pledges (continued)
- Train consistently to act wisely towards objects of refuge, family, people you compete with, people who harm you, people you dislike
- Transform your mind but behave naturally on the outside
- Give up any hope for reward
- Don’t rely on outer conditions
- Don’t speak of others’ incomplete qualities
- Don’t concern yourself with others’ business
- Don’t let self-centeredness poison your practice
- Don’t treat your afflictions and delusions leniently
- Don’t speak badly, not even in a joking way
- Don’t lie in ambush, waiting for a chance to take revenge on others
- Don’t strike at others’ weaknesses and vulnerabilities
- Don’t shift responsibility and blame on others
- Don’t sprint to win the race for your own benefit alone
- Don’t seek others’ misery as a means to happiness
- Questions & answers
Venerable Sangye Khadro
California-born, Venerable Sangye Khadro ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1974 and is a longtime friend and colleague of Abbey founder Venerable Thubten Chodron. She took bhikshuni (full) ordination in 1988. While studying at Nalanda Monastery in France in the 1980s, she helped to start the Dorje Pamo Nunnery, along with Venerable Chodron. Venerable Sangye Khadro has studied with many Buddhist masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. At her teachers’ request, she began teaching in 1980 and has since taught in countries around the world, occasionally taking time off for personal retreats. She served as resident teacher in Buddha House, Australia, Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, and the FPMT centre in Denmark. From 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable has authored a number books found here, including the best-selling How to Meditate. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
