Train Your Mind: Tibetan Exercises in Wisdom and Compassion (eBook)
In the mind training of Tibetan Buddhism (lojong) you cultivate wisdom and compassion with the help of 59 slogans. This teaching inspires, challenges, and confronts you with life’s difficulties and your limitations, helping you develop a more enlightened perspective. In this book, Dhirananda and Viryabodhi offer clear commentaries and exercises that bring the slogans to life. With practice, you shift from a limited, self-centred view to feeling more connected and liberated, and more able to be of benefit to others.
Resources: The book is accompanied by freely downloadable audio files.
£8.99
In the mind training of Tibetan Buddhism (lojong) you cultivate wisdom and compassion with the help of 59 slogans. This teaching inspires, challenges, and confronts you with life’s difficulties and your limitations, helping you develop a more enlightened perspective. In this book, Dhirananda and Viryabodhi offer clear commentaries and exercises that bring the slogans to life. With practice, you shift from a limited, self-centred view to feeling more connected and liberated, and more able to be of benefit to others.
Resources: The book is accompanied by freely downloadable audio files.
Endorsements
'This book is precious. Read it carefully to discover a brilliant map for training your mind and heart that is immediately applicable to all of life’s circumstances. If things are going well, be generous and share your good fortune. If things are difficult, use this as an opportunity for empathy for others suffering in similar ways. Dhirananda and Viryabodhi have done a brilliant job of translating the profound and compassionate slogans into immediately accessible and practical teachings for the modern world.' – Vidyamala Burch OBE, founder of the Breathworks Foundation and author of Living Well with Pain and Illness, Mindfulness for Women, and Mindfulness for Health
'This is a great book for anyone who wants to know how to practise the Dharma in every moment of their life. The authors are excellent guides, who write in a clear but friendly way. They invite us to change our habitual attitudes to ones in which we treat whatever happens to us as gifts – opportunities to grow spiritually.' – Ratnaguna, author of The Art of Reflection and Great Faith, Great Wisdom
'Based on teachings that originated in eleventh-century Tibet, Dhirananda and Viryabodhi have produced a contemporary treasure house of advice for cultivating a heart and mind of compassion and wisdom. This is a book of clarity and depth for transforming adversities into occasions for insight, packed with suggestions for daily practice and reflection.' – Vaddhaka Linn, author of The Buddha on Wall Street: What’s Wrong with Capitalism and What We Can Do about It
'The pithy slogans of the Tibetan mind-training tradition challenge us to face up to our self-centredness and to recognise how it perpetuates our suffering. Here is a practically grounded addition to the growing body of literature on this profound set of teachings. While drawing on several traditional commentaries, the authors show how this ancient wisdom remains pertinent to today’s existential challenges.' – Nagapriya, author of The Promise of a Sacred World: Shinran’s Teaching of Other Power
'Buddhism is about training the mind. Lojong, which literally means "mind training" in Tibetan, includes pointers on how we can use life’s inevitable setbacks and see them as opportunities for change. It’s a wonderful idea: that we can turn difficulties and problems into tools to help us develop and become increasingly free. Lojong emphasizes that we must transform our relationships with others and cultivate deep compassion. My two friends have exemplified this compassion by producing this skilfully crafted book.' – Dharmachari Sona, senior member of the Triratna Buddhist Order
