thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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The root of samsara
How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…
View PostReview: Teachings on emptiness
A review of the beginning of the section on cultivating ultimate bodhicitta: creating the causes…
View PostJoy and courage
Continuing the discussion on joy and courage, and a discussion on verses about love and…
View PostTransforming depression and anxiety
Recognizing how thoughts fuel emotions, how happiness and suffering originate within the mind, and cultivating…
View PostReview: Bodhicitta and the afflictions
A review of the end of the section on cultivating conventional bodhicitta and the meaning…
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
The inspiring verses for how to change our habitual ways of thinking by Geshe Langri…
View PostEmptiness of phenomena
How phenomena are designated by thought. Anger is presented as an example to show that…
View PostUltimate and conventional existence
How the mind grasps at a truly existing "I," and how ultimate analysis or probing…
View PostSelflessness, karma, and rebirth
A discussion about the different philosophical tenet systems, whether they all aim for buddhahood, how…
View PostTenet schools and selflessness
A continued explanation of selflessness according to the four philosophical tenet schools and their views…
View PostDifferent views of selflessness
How selflessness is viewed in the four philosophical tenet schools.
View PostBasis of designation
How both faith and wisdom are needed to make progress on the path and how…
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