Peacock in the Poison Grove (Sopa Geshe Lhundub)

Full Title: Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind
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Translations of and commentaries on two Kadampa texts, the Wheel-Weapon and the Poison-Destroying Peacock. Mind training involves cultivating a way of approaching and experiencing life that rubs against our ordinary self-centered attitudes. The key [...]

Wake Up To Your Life (Ken McLeod)

Full Title: Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention
Major Topic: how to practice Buddhism
Level: all levels
A comprehensive manual, almost an encyclopedia, of practice methods, starting with basic meditation and ending with the experience of no separation. The methods are derived principally from the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. The commentary is likely [...]

Great Path of Awakening (Jamgon Kongtrul & Ken McLeod)

Full Title: Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion
Major Topic: mind training, taking and sending, lojong, tonglen
Level: middle and experienced
Mind training in the seven points is probably the most widely known mind training instruction. Kongtrul provides clear, authoritative commentary for the [...]

Wisdom of No Escape (Pema Chodron)

Full Title: Wisdom of No Escape: and the Path of Lovingkindness
Major Topic: Mind training
Level: all levels
Pema Chödron’s warm, folksy, but solid presentations of mind training (lojong) methods and how to apply them in one’s life. A good and very accessible introduction to these practices.