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 point here is to experience the friction, the tension between what is being presented and how we ordinarily view things. When we hold the two together, we see things differently and new possibilities open, internally and externally.

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 root text.. This is a practice manual. Study the fundamentals and let the richness of the teachings unfold in your practice..

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.