Great Path of Awakening The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion

Name: Great Path of Awakening The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion
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ISBN: 9781590302149

ISBN-10: 1590302141

ISBN-13: 9781590302149

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jamgon Kongtrul, Ken McLeod

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Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate heart in the midst of everyday life. For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine pithy slogans-such as "A joyous state of mind is a constant support" and "Don't talk about others' shortcomings"-as a means to awaken kindness, gentleness, and compassion. While Tibetan Buddhists have long valued these slogans, recently they have become popular in the West due to such books asStart Where You Areby Pema Chouml;drouml;n andTraining the Mindby Chouml;gyam Trungpa. This edition ofThe Great Path of Awakeningcontains an accessible, newly revised translation of the slogans from the famous textThe Seven…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Ken McLeod is widely respected as an authentic Tibetan Buddhist teacher who has trained for years with renowned teachers, including his teacher, Kalu Rinpoche. He directs Unfettered Mind, a Buddhist teaching and consulting service in Los Angeles, CA.



The great path of awakening


The source of the transmission


The need for mind training


The actual instructions


The explanation of the seven points of mind training


The groundwork : instruction on what supports Dharma


The actual practice : training in Bodhicitta


The transformation of adversity into the path of awakening


The utilization of the practice in one's whole life


The extent of proficiency in mind training


Commitments of mind training


Guidelines for mind training


Concluding verses


Additional instructions from the transmission lineage



The seven points of mind training (McLeod)



The root text of the seven points of training the mind (Nalanda Translation Committee)



Soothing the pain of faith : a prayer to the mind-training lineage



The seven-branch prayer