This week we begin talking about the 3rd point of the Lojong sayings that deal with using adversity as part of our path. As we said on previous podcasts, the Lojong are a series of 57 or so short sayings that help guide us to enlightenment. These sayings are organized into 7 categories. This gives this teaching it’s other name, ‘The 7 Points of Mind Training’.

The 7 categories are:

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Main Practice (Bodhicitta )
3. Turning the negative into paths
4. Practicing in this lifetime
5. Evaluation of mind training
6. Commitments of mind training
7. Guidelines for mind training

On this episode, we talk about turning the negative things that happen into positives for our spiritual path.. On this podcast we cover the next 3 slogans which are:

* When the World is Filled With Evil, Transform All Mishaps Into the Path of Bodhi
* Drive All Blames Into One
* Be Grateful to Everyone

A great site for information about all things Lojong is lojongmindtraining.com. It covers each of the saying with commentary from one of seven great teachers. You can even sign up to receive a random slogan and commentary e-mailed to you each day.

This week we begin talking about the Lojong sayings that deal with Relative Bodhicitta. As we said on previous podcasts, the Lojong are a series of 57 or so short sayings that help guide us to enlightenment. These sayings are organized into 7 categories. This gives this teaching it’s other name, ‘The 7 Points of Mind Training’.

The 7 categories are:

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Main Practice (Bodhicitta )
3. Turning the negative into paths
4. Practicing in this lifetime
5. Evaluation of mind training
6. Commitments of mind training
7. Guidelines for mind training

On this episode, we talk about Relative Bodhicitta or Compassion. On this podcast we cover the next 4 slogans which are:

• Sending and Taking Should Be Practiced Alternately. These Two Should Ride the Breath
• Three Objects, Three Poisons, and Three Seeds of Virtue
• In All Activities, Train With Slogans
• Begin the Sequence of Sending and Taking With Yourself

A great site for information about all things Lojong is lojongmindtraining.com. It covers each of the saying with commentary from one of seven great teachers. You can even sign up to receive a random slogan and commentary e-mailed to you each day.

This week we finish talking about the Lojong sayings that deal with Ultimate Bodhicitta. As we said on previous podcasts, the Lojong are a series of 57 or so short sayings that help guide us to enlightenment. These sayings are organized into 7 categories. This gives this teaching it’s other name, ‘The 7 Points of Mind Training’.

The 7 categories are:

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Main Practice (Bodhicitta )
3. Turning the negative into paths
4. Practicing in this lifetime
5. Evaluation of mind training
6. Commitments of mind training
7. Guidelines for mind training

This week we finish up the first half of the second point of mind training, The Main Practice. These slogans deal with Ultimate Bodhicitta, or Wisdom. On this podcast we cover slogans 5 and 6 which are:

5. Rest in the nature of alaya, the Essence
6. In post meditation, be a child of illusion.
A great site for information about all things Lojong is lojongmindtraining.com. It covers each of the saying with commentary from one of seven great teachers. You can even sign up to receive a random slogan and commentary e-mailed to you each day.