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Tonglen – TOC 1 CONTENTS CONTENTS.......................................................................... 1 Contents of first part....................................................... 5 Teachers ............................................................................. 8 Atisha ....................................................................................................... 8 Serlingpa ................................................................................................ 12 Geshe Chekhawa................................................................................... 13 Geshe Langri Tangpa ........................................................................... 15 Jamgön Kongtrul (JK) .......................................................................... 18 HH Shamar Rinpoche (SR) ................................................................... 18 Allan Wallave (AW)................................................................................ 19 The Seven Points of Mind Training .................................. 20 1- The Preliminaries ...................................................... 21 First, Train In The Preliminaries - AW ................................................ 21 1. the preciousness of human life ..................................................... 21 2. death and impermanence ............................................................. 22 Lojong - Tonglen 3. actions and their results ................................................................ 22 4. the unsatisfactory nature of the cycle of existence ....................... 22 Atisha, Serlingpa, Chekawa, Langri Tangpa First, Train In The Preliminaries - JK .................................................. 24 preliminaries to a period of meditation .............................................. 24 preliminary instruction ....................................................................... 24 the actual instructions ....................................................................... 24 2- The Actual Practice .................................................. 25 Treat everything you perceive as a dream. ........................................ 28 Consider The World As Dreamlike - AW ............................................ 28 Regard All Phenomena As Dreams - JK ............................................ 28 Find the consciousness you had before you were born. ................. 29 Investigate The Nature Of Unborn Awareness - AW.......................... 29 Examine The Nature Of Unborn Awareness - JK............................... 29 Let even the remedy itself drop away naturally. ................................ 30 Even The Antidote Itself Is Liberated In Its Own Place - AW ............. 30 Even The Remedy Is Freed To Subside Naturally - JK...................... 30 Stay in the primeval consciousness, the basis of everything.......... 30 Establish The Nature Of The Path In The Sphere Of The Foundation Of All - AW .......................................................................................... 30 Rest In The Nature Of All, The Basis Of Everything - JK ................... 31 Between meditations, treat everything as an illusion. ...................... 32 Tonglen – TOC 2 Between Meditation Sessions Act As An Illusory Being - AW ............32 To Synthesize The Essence Of This Practical Guidance, Apply In Post-meditation Practice, Be A Child Of Illusion - JK .....................32 Yourself To The Five Powers - AW .................................................... 49 As you breathe in, take in and accept all the sadness, pain, and 1. the power of resolution.................................................................. 49 negativity of the whole world, including yourself, and absorb it into 2. the power of familiarization. .......................................................... 49 your heart. As you breathe out, pour out all your joy and bliss; bless 3. the power of the white seed. ......................................................... 49 the whole of existence. .........................................................................33 4. the power of abandonment. .......................................................... 49 Alternately Practice Sending And Taking - AW...................................33 5. the power of prayer. ...................................................................... 50 Train In Taking And Sending Alternately. Put Them On The Breath - A Summary Of The Essential Instructions: Train In The Five Forces - JK ........................................................................................................37 JK........................................................................................................ 52 Understand your attachments, your aversions, and your 5- Yardsticks ................................................................. 54 indifference, and love them all.............................................................38 All teachings have the same goal........................................................ 55 Three Objects, Three Poisons, Three Roots Of Virtue - AW ..............38 All Dharma Is Included In One Purpose - AW .................................... 55 Three Objects, Three Poisons, Three Seeds Of Virtue - JK...............38 All Dharma Has A Single Purpose - JK .............................................. 55 Apply these proverbs in everything you do. ......................................39 Follow the inner witness rather than the outer ones......................... 56 In All Activities Train With Words - AW ...............................................39 Maintain The Chief Of The Two Witnesses - AW............................... 56 Use Sayings To Train In All Forms Of Activity - JK ............................39 Of The Two Judges, Rely On The Principal One - JK........................ 56 When practicing unconditional acceptance, start with yourself......39 Always have the support of a joyful mind. ......................................... 56 Begin The Sequence Of Exchange With Yourself - JK.......................39 Rely Continually On Mental Happiness Alone - AW........................... 56 3- Using Adversity to Wake Up......................................40 Always Have The Support Of A Joyful Mind - JK ............................... 57 When everything goes wrong, treat disaster as a way to wake up..41 Practicing even when distracted is good training............................. 57 When The Environment And Its Inhabitants Are Enslaved By Evil, Turn You Are Proficient If You Can Practice Even When Distracted - JK .. 57 Unfavorable Circumstances Into The Path Of Awakening - AW.........41 6- Commitments ............................................................ 58 When Evil Fills The World And Its Inhabitants, Change Adverse Always observe these three points:.................................................... 59 Conditions Into The Path Of Awakening - JK......................................41 Always Practice The Three Principles - AW ....................................... 59 Take all the blame yourself...................................................................42 1. not to contravene any commitments we have already made in our Blame Everything On One Thing - AW ...............................................42 spiritual practice: ............................................................................... 59 Drive All Blame Into One - JK .............................................................43 2. not to allow our mind training to become ostentatious:................. 59 Be grateful to everyone.........................................................................44 3. not to let the mind training become lopsided: ............................... 59 Meditate On Great Kindness Toward Everyone - AW ........................44 Always Practice The Three General Principles - JK........................... 60 Be Grateful To Everyone - JK .............................................................44 Change your attitude, but stay natural. .............................................. 60 Don't worry- there's nothing real about your confusion. ..................45 Transform Your Desires, But Remain As You Are - AW .................... 60 Meditation On The Deceptive Appearances Of The Four Bodies Is Change Your Attitude, But Remain Natural - JK ................................ 61 Unsurpassed In Guarding Emptiness - AW ........................................45 Do not discuss defects......................................................................... 61 To See Confusion As The Four Kayas, The Protection Of Emptiness Is Speak Not Of Degenerate Qualities - AW .......................................... 61 Unsurpassable - JK.............................................................................46 Do Not Talk About Weak Points - JK.................................................. 62 When something unexpected happens, in that very moment, treat it Don't worry about other people........................................................... 62 as a meditation. .....................................................................................46 Think Nothing About The Other Side - AW......................................... 62 Whatever You Encounter, Immediately Apply It To Meditation - AW .46 Don't Think About The Affairs Of Others - JK..................................... 63 In Order To Take Unexpected Conditions As The Path, Immediately Work on your greatest imperfection first. .........................................