How many Lojong slogans?
59 slogans
Chekawa Yeshe Dorje’s lojong consists of 59 slogans, or aphorisms. These slogans are further organized into seven groupings, called the “7 Points of Lojong”. The categorized slogans are listed below, translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee under the direction of Chögyam Trungpa.
What are the Seven Points of Mind Training?
The 7 Points of Mind Training (Lojong) is a classic Tibetan Buddhist teaching designed to wake us up to the boundlessness of our heart and to cultivate truthfulness and harmony in our relationships.
What does drive all blames into one mean?
This slogan is pointing out how to use blame effectively, which is to see ego-clinging as the problem. This slogan is about personal responsibility and self-awareness. It is about looking at how our attachments blind us to what needs to be done.
What is the meaning of Citta?
The Pali–English Dictionary translates citta as heart or heart-mind, emphasizing it as more the emotive side of mind, as opposed to manas as the intellect in the sense of what grasps mental objects (dhamma).
What is the main focus of tonglen meditation practice?
Tonglen is an ancient form of meditation that focuses on compassion: connecting with it, developing it, and learning how to apply it in everyday life. The practice centers on imagining that as we exhale, we are sharing the light of well-being and its causes with everyone who needs it.
Where did tonglen originate?
Tibet
In translation, tonglen practice can be called “taking and giving” one of the practices of exchanging self with other. These mind training techniques were developed a thousand years ago in India and Tibet. The Tibetan word for this class of techniques is lojong.
How train your mind quotes?
Brain Training Quotes
- “Some are born strong and others are made strong.”
- “When u practice something with conscious mind n then continue practicing the same even with sub-conscious mind, You Master it..”
- “The brain is like a muscle; books are the diet and writing is the workout.”
What is mind training?
Brain training (also called cognitive training) is a program of regular activities purported to maintain or improve one’s cognitive abilities. The phrase “cognitive ability” usually refers to components of fluid intelligence such as executive function and working memory.
What is chitta called in English?
psyche countable noun. Your psyche is your mind and your deepest feelings and attitudes. the mysteries of the human psyche. /citta, citt, chitta, chitt/
Does tonglen work?
Tonglen meditative practices are no worse or better than other forms of meditation in this regard. However, people who have had a history of anxiety and depression should take a little extra care when trying out Tonglen forms of meditation for the first time. If you find that it does not suit you, then you should stop.
Who created tonglen meditation?
Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje
They were first written down by Kadampa master Langri Tangpa (1054–1123). The practice became more widely known when Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175) summarized the points in his Seven Points of Training the Mind.
Why the mind is powerful?
The mind is a powerful tool, incredibly powerful. We can think positive thoughts, we can think realistic thoughts and we can think negative thoughts. Some thoughts are fleeting and forgotten whereas others stay rooted and it’s the ones that stay rooted are the ones that essentially define us.