Finding Genuine Practice: The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Ogyen Trinley Dorje Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Finding Genuine Practice: The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Ogyen Trinley Dorje Ogyen Trinley Dorje From the Preface by 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje: Some people recite the Eight Verses only…
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Finding Genuine Practice: The Eight Verses of Training the Mind Ogyen Trinley Dorje Ogyen Trinley Dorje
From the Preface by 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje: Some people recite the Eight Verses only as a prayer or aspiration, but that was not Geshe Langri Thangpa's intention. In these verses, he tells us precisely what we have to do. He envisioned the text being used as a handbook for the practice of mind training.
They cover all the crucial points for taming one's mind and developing bodhicitta. Through them, he teaches us how to visualize, how to prepare our mind, how to focus, and how to analyze. They are not just something to be understood intellectually or paid lip-service; they have to be put into practice.From the introduction: The Gyalwang Karmapa has taught Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind on several occasions.
Though short, this text gets to the core of Mahayana practice, and each time he teaches it, he emphasizes different themes. In this
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