Lojong - Mind Training
Atisha
Mind training (Lojong) collection of teachings of which there are two main streams. Inspired by Atisha all are designed for applying directly to our own personal situation. In fact, the only qualification we need to practise the teaching is, as Lama Jampa Thaye has said ‘our ordinary, confused mind, full of disturbing emotions, full of self-clinging and self-cherishing. With an unparalleled directness, they allow us to transform all situations, positive and negative, into the path of awakening.
Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering
Weekly on Wednesday evenings at the Dechen Bristol Sakya Buddhist Centre.
Rachel and Miranda will guide us through ‘Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering’, Karma Thinley Rinpoche’s commentary on the ‘Seven Points of Mind Training’.
This text provides practical and earthy instructions to deal with everyday challenging situations through a cycle of pithy direct teachings to transform the mind. Rinpoche illuminates how spiritual realisation is not achievable without the inner transformation that widens our view from our own happiness to focusing instead on the happiness of others.
Each session will involve sitting meditation, listening to a section of the teaching, time for reflection, and questions.