Shatril
January 24th, 2005, 07:23 AM
I wanted to put this here as I am leaving for an extended business and pleasure trip. This is the last of the 7 points of mind training. These practices need to be undertaken slowly and with the intention of makeing this a way to be in this world. It is a path to enlightenment that works for people that are in the work-a-day world, and not cloistered behind the walls of a convent or monestary. Go slow. Practice tonglen meditation and work on the slogans. There is no special reward for being the first to enlightenment.
Many of these slogans don’t require a great deal of further explanation. I will include the origins of most of this work. The books I will link to a cost finding program.
Lojong Slogan 38—all activities should be done with one intention
The intention is to communicate in order to help others.
Lojong Slogan 39--Solve all problems by accepting the bad energy and sending out the good.
Analysis itself is used to correct mistakes in analysis. If, when you are meditating on mind training, adverse conditions develop, people criticize and insult you, demons, devils, enemies, and disputes trouble you, your disturbing emotions become stronger, or you have no desire to meditate, think:
In the whole universe, there are many sentient beings who have problems like mine; my compassion goes out to all of them, and: In addition to this unwanted situation, may all the unwanted circumstances and suffering of all sentient beings be collected here, and use the single corrective of exchanging yourself for others.
Lojong Slogan 40--Renew your commitment when you get up and before you go to sleep.
In the morning vow to keep the two Boddhicittas with us throughout the day. In the evening examine what transpired. If we kept them with us all day be grateful, if you lost them along the way look at what happened, acknowledge them and vow to not let that happen tomorrow.
Lojong Slogan 41—Accept good and bad fortune with an equal mind.
Whether a joyful or a painful situation occurs, whatever happens to you, your practice is not swayed by it, but you maintain continual practice and continual patience.
Lojong Slogan 42—Keep your vows even at the risk of your life.
Look at Pema Chödrön’s comments on this slogan. http://www.theflow.org/tonglen/
Lojong Slogan 43—Recognize your neurotic tendencies, overcome them, then transcend them.
Or train in the three difficulties. Recognize your neurosis. Over come them. Since neurosis arise out of selfishness or thinking too much of oneself, one must apply a remedy that quashes the ego. The third difficulty is to decide to make tonglen a way of life.
Lojong Slogan 44--take on the three principal causes
The three principal causes are what help us to keep our heart open, to remember to exchange ourselves for others, and to communicate. They are the teacher, the teachings, and a precious human birth.
Lojong Slogan 45--Love your teacher, enjoy your practice, keep your vows.
Lojong Slogan 46—Focus your body, mind, and spirit on the path.
Practice your Lojong wholeheartedly.
Lojong Slogan 47--Exclude nothing from your acceptance practice: train with a whole heart.
Lojong practice includes everything and every sentient being.
Lojong Slogan 48—Always meditate on whatever you resent.
Lojong Slogan 49--don't be swayed by external circumstances.
All life cycles from good to bad, that is the way life is. However, regardless of you current circumstances you should practice Lojong. If you circumstances are good you should breath that out, if your circumstances are bad you should breath that in.
Lojong Slogan 50—Don’t Misinterpret
There are six things that you may twist or misinterpret in your practice: patience, yearning, excitement, compassion, priorities, and joy.
· It is a misinterpretation of patience to be patient about everything in your life but the practice of dharma.
· Misinterpreted yearning is to foster yearning for pleasure and wealth but not to encourage the yearning to practice dharma thoroughly and properly.
· Misinterpreted excitement is to get excited by wealth and entertainment, but not to be excited by the study of dharma.
· It is twisted compassion to be compassionate to those who endure hardships in order to practice dharma, but to be unconcerned and uncompassionate to those who do evil.
· Twisted priorities means to work diligently out of self-interest at that which benefits you in the world, but not to practice dharma.
· Twisted joy is to be happy when sorrow afflicts your enemies, but not to rejoice in virtue and in the joy of transcending samsara.
You should absolutely and completely stop all six of these misinterpretations.
Lojong Slogan 51—Don’t Vacillate
You should not vacillate in your enthusiasm for practice. If you practice intermittently you will not build a strong practice. Stay steady.
Lojong Slogan 52—Train wholeheartedly
Lojong Slogan 53—liberate yourself by examining and analyzing
Simply look at your mind and analyze it. By doing these two things, you should be liberated from kleshas and ego-clinging. Then you can practice lojong. This is not an invitation to beat yourself up when you analyze. It is to look at it acknowledge it, and examine the cause.
Lojong Slogan 54—Don’t wallow in self pity
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 55—Don’t be jealous
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 56—Don’t be frivolous
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 57—Don’t expect applause
‘nuf said
http://www.theflow.org/tonglen/
http://unfetteredmind.org/mindtraining/fullindex.php
http://www.berzinarchives.com/sutra/sutra_level_2/4_thoughts_turn_mind_dharma.html
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/basic-guide.htm
http://www.buddhism.about.com/od/theravada/ss/BuddhismSS.htm
http://www.nonduality.com/goode4.htm
Booklist:
Start Where You Are—Pema Chödrön (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/search/Start_Where_You_Are.html)
Training the Mind—Chögyam Trungpa (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/search/Training_the_Mind_and_Cultivating_Loving-Kindness.html)
The Book of Wisdom—Osho (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=817261103X&mode=direct)
Many of these slogans don’t require a great deal of further explanation. I will include the origins of most of this work. The books I will link to a cost finding program.
Lojong Slogan 38—all activities should be done with one intention
The intention is to communicate in order to help others.
Lojong Slogan 39--Solve all problems by accepting the bad energy and sending out the good.
Analysis itself is used to correct mistakes in analysis. If, when you are meditating on mind training, adverse conditions develop, people criticize and insult you, demons, devils, enemies, and disputes trouble you, your disturbing emotions become stronger, or you have no desire to meditate, think:
In the whole universe, there are many sentient beings who have problems like mine; my compassion goes out to all of them, and: In addition to this unwanted situation, may all the unwanted circumstances and suffering of all sentient beings be collected here, and use the single corrective of exchanging yourself for others.
Lojong Slogan 40--Renew your commitment when you get up and before you go to sleep.
In the morning vow to keep the two Boddhicittas with us throughout the day. In the evening examine what transpired. If we kept them with us all day be grateful, if you lost them along the way look at what happened, acknowledge them and vow to not let that happen tomorrow.
Lojong Slogan 41—Accept good and bad fortune with an equal mind.
Whether a joyful or a painful situation occurs, whatever happens to you, your practice is not swayed by it, but you maintain continual practice and continual patience.
Lojong Slogan 42—Keep your vows even at the risk of your life.
Look at Pema Chödrön’s comments on this slogan. http://www.theflow.org/tonglen/
Lojong Slogan 43—Recognize your neurotic tendencies, overcome them, then transcend them.
Or train in the three difficulties. Recognize your neurosis. Over come them. Since neurosis arise out of selfishness or thinking too much of oneself, one must apply a remedy that quashes the ego. The third difficulty is to decide to make tonglen a way of life.
Lojong Slogan 44--take on the three principal causes
The three principal causes are what help us to keep our heart open, to remember to exchange ourselves for others, and to communicate. They are the teacher, the teachings, and a precious human birth.
Lojong Slogan 45--Love your teacher, enjoy your practice, keep your vows.
Lojong Slogan 46—Focus your body, mind, and spirit on the path.
Practice your Lojong wholeheartedly.
Lojong Slogan 47--Exclude nothing from your acceptance practice: train with a whole heart.
Lojong practice includes everything and every sentient being.
Lojong Slogan 48—Always meditate on whatever you resent.
Lojong Slogan 49--don't be swayed by external circumstances.
All life cycles from good to bad, that is the way life is. However, regardless of you current circumstances you should practice Lojong. If you circumstances are good you should breath that out, if your circumstances are bad you should breath that in.
Lojong Slogan 50—Don’t Misinterpret
There are six things that you may twist or misinterpret in your practice: patience, yearning, excitement, compassion, priorities, and joy.
· It is a misinterpretation of patience to be patient about everything in your life but the practice of dharma.
· Misinterpreted yearning is to foster yearning for pleasure and wealth but not to encourage the yearning to practice dharma thoroughly and properly.
· Misinterpreted excitement is to get excited by wealth and entertainment, but not to be excited by the study of dharma.
· It is twisted compassion to be compassionate to those who endure hardships in order to practice dharma, but to be unconcerned and uncompassionate to those who do evil.
· Twisted priorities means to work diligently out of self-interest at that which benefits you in the world, but not to practice dharma.
· Twisted joy is to be happy when sorrow afflicts your enemies, but not to rejoice in virtue and in the joy of transcending samsara.
You should absolutely and completely stop all six of these misinterpretations.
Lojong Slogan 51—Don’t Vacillate
You should not vacillate in your enthusiasm for practice. If you practice intermittently you will not build a strong practice. Stay steady.
Lojong Slogan 52—Train wholeheartedly
Lojong Slogan 53—liberate yourself by examining and analyzing
Simply look at your mind and analyze it. By doing these two things, you should be liberated from kleshas and ego-clinging. Then you can practice lojong. This is not an invitation to beat yourself up when you analyze. It is to look at it acknowledge it, and examine the cause.
Lojong Slogan 54—Don’t wallow in self pity
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 55—Don’t be jealous
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 56—Don’t be frivolous
‘nuf said
Lojong Slogan 57—Don’t expect applause
‘nuf said
http://www.theflow.org/tonglen/
http://unfetteredmind.org/mindtraining/fullindex.php
http://www.berzinarchives.com/sutra/sutra_level_2/4_thoughts_turn_mind_dharma.html
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/basic-guide.htm
http://www.buddhism.about.com/od/theravada/ss/BuddhismSS.htm
http://www.nonduality.com/goode4.htm
Booklist:
Start Where You Are—Pema Chödrön (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/search/Start_Where_You_Are.html)
Training the Mind—Chögyam Trungpa (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/search/Training_the_Mind_and_Cultivating_Loving-Kindness.html)
The Book of Wisdom—Osho (http://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=817261103X&mode=direct)