Mind Training
The Great Collection
Wisdom Publications · Print & ebook · November 28, 2005
Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan.
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- Who it’s for
- A fifteenth-century anthology gathers Tibetan mind-training teachings on cultivating compassion.
- Themes
- Compassion and altruism, Perseverance and forbearance, Coping with everyday hardships
- Genres
- Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Thought, Buddhist Practice & Ritual
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Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance.
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The mind-training teachings are highly revered by the Tibetan people for their pragmatism and down-to-earth advice on coping with the various challenges and hardships that unavoidably characterize everyday human existence. The volume contains forty-four individual texts, including the most important works of the mind training cycle, such as Serlingpa's well-known Leveling Out All Preconceptions, Atisha's Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland, Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses on Training the Mind, and Chekawa's Seven-Point Mind Training together with the earliest commentaries on these seminal texts. An accurate and lyrical translation of these texts, many of which are in metered verse, marks an important contribution to the world's literary heritage, enriching its spiritual resources.
Tibetan Mind Training
A fifteenth-century anthology gathers Tibetan mind-training teachings on cultivating compassion.
Come here for
- Teachings on love
- Guidance on forbearance
Expect
- Forty-four individual texts
- The earliest commentaries on seminal mind-training texts
Where it sits
| Tibetan Buddhism | 76% |
|---|---|
| Buddhist Practice & Ritual | 45% |
| Buddhist Thought | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Buddhist Practice & Ritual
- Buddhist Sacred Writings
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Authors
- Thupten Jinpa
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Published
- November 28, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Compassion and altruism · Perseverance and forbearance · Coping with everyday hardships
- Reading lane
- Buddhist Practice & Ritual