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Upcoming conference on compassionate leadership, featuring thupten jinpa april 6, 2016 amherst, mass. He received his early education and training as a monk at zongkar choede monastery in hunsur near mysore, karnataka, south india and later joined the shartse college of ganden monastic university, in mundgod, karnataka, south india, where he received the geshe lharam degree. This is a translation of a traditional tibetan compilation, dating from the fifteenth century, which contains altogether fortythree texts related to the practice of mind training. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic. Click download or read online button to essential mind training tibetan classics book pdf for free now.
Presenting 44 of the original texts including seminal works. Tibetans revere the mind training tradition for its pragmatic and downtoearth advice, especially the teachings on transforming adversity into opportunity. The great collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of tibetan literature known as mind training, or lojong in tibetan. Essential mind trainingtranslated, edited, and introduced by thupten jinpa. Mind training techniques for the west with thupten jinpa, ph. E library of tibetan class mind training the great collection translated bythupten jinpa t. Essential mind training is drawn from the earliest collection of. In this volume, traleg kyabgon offers a fresh translation of the slogans as well as indepth new commentary of each. Thupten jinpa received his early education and training as a monk and received the geshe lharam degree from ganden monastic university, south india. This third volume in the tibetan classics series highlights mahamudra, the central meditation practice of the kagyu school of tibetan buddhism. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance. February march 2008 lojong scholar and chief translator for his holiness the dalai lama, geshe thupten jinpa, continues his discussion of the tibetan tradition of mind training, which forms the basis of his important book mind training.
Thupten jinpa archives the center for compassion and. In an era when buddhist meditation is largely equated with simply calming the mind and developing mindfulness, this compendium of methods for training the mind gives a glimpse of the tremendous richness and depth. The great collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of tibetan literature known as. Like now my own self is the enemy, and sentient beings are the friends. Free of religious terminology and with testable results, this eightweek training in empathy and compassion has been taught to thousands of people from stanford students. Its a purposeful approach of selfawareness, conscious intention, and focused effortthree precious gifts of contemplative practiceby which we take responsibility for our thoughts and actions and take charge of our selves and our lives. Compassion training speaks to such a profound need in the world.
Mind training techniques for the west with thupten jinpa. He received his early education and training as a monk at zongkar choede monastery 1 in hunsur near mysore, karnataka, south india and later joined the shartse college of ganden monastic university, 1 in mundgod, karnataka, south india, where he received the geshe lharam degree. The following interview appears in the fall 2011 issue of inquiring mind. Well, thats one thing that i do kind of, you know, cherish deeply about the experience of translating for him is the quality of the joyful state of mind i can automatically get into when im there.
He has translated and edited more than a dozen books by the dalai lama including the new york times bestseller ethics for the new millennium riverhead, 1999, transforming the mind thorsons, 2000, and universe in a single atom. The great collection ebook written by thupten jinpa. But when i try to cultivate that kind of state of mind in my own quiet sitting meditation, its tougher. Essential mind training translated, edited, and introduced by thupten jinpa. Nov 30, 2005 thupten jinpa has done us all a great service by editing and translating this marvelous volume, mind training. Mindtraining, using the mind to look at the mind, is not just for meditators anymore, but is going secular. Effects on mindfulness, affect, and emotion regulation. Read mind training online, read in mobile or kindle. Thupten jinpa s family escaped from tibet to india when he was just a year old and he began his monastic life shortly thereafter. A group from stanford went to see his holiness tenzin gyatso, the 14th dalai lama to bring him a proposal for establishing a center for research and education in compassion and altruism.
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Mind training, using the mind to look at the mind, is not just for meditators anymore, but is going secular. Thupten jinpa addresses the importance of mind training and how this kind of practice can help people gain greater peace and happiness in daily life. He has been the dalai lamas primary english interpreter and book editor for nearly 30 years and is the author most recently of, a fearless heart. Essential mind training by thupten jinpa overdrive.
Thupten jinpas family escaped from tibet to india when he was just a year old and he began his monastic life shortly thereafter. Like these are visualized in the form of streams of dark clouds, smoke, or even brackish water, which enter our body. The great collection is the earliest anthology of a. How the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives. Framing our days between intention setting and joyful dedication, even once a week, can change how we live. A former tibetan monk, thupten jinpa holds a phd from cambridge university and has been the principal english translator to the dalai lama for nearly thirty years. Jun 08, 2016 thupten jinpa addresses the importance of mind training and how this kind of practice can help people gain greater peace and happiness in daily life. Thupten jinpa, official translator for the dalai lama, will be the keynote speaker at the conference for compassionate leadership on saturday, april 16 from 10. Download the pdf in tibetan, hindi and english here. The paperback of the essential mind training by thupten jinpa ph. Essential mind training is the first volume in the tibetan classics series, which aims to make available accessible paperback editions of key tibetan buddhist works drawn from wisdom publications library of tibetan classics. The mind training teachings are the principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance. A randomized controlled trial of compassion cultivation training.
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Langri thangpas eight verses on training the mind, and chekawas sevenpoint mind training together with. Conversations on compassion with thupten jinpa, phd. Download the seven points of mind training ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub. Jinpa also holds a ba in philosophy and a phd in religious studies, both from the university of cambridge, england. Tibetan buddhist methods of mind training are useful to anyone willing to learn them. Jinpas own works include self, reality and reason in tibetan philosophy and mind training. Essential mind training is full of guidance for cultivating new mental habits for mastering our thoughts and emotions. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Every sunday afternoon, a monastic teacher would give a dharma teaching, jinpa remembers. Read pdf epub download mind training by thupten jinpa, shonu from the story saddle by styloglossus2005 with 0 reads. Scholar and chief translator for his holiness the dalai lama, geshe thupten jinpa, discusses the tibetan tradition of mind training lojong, which forms the basis of his important book mind training.
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The practice involves refining and purifying ones motivations and attitudes. Today, alongside mindfulness, meditationbased compassion practice is emerging as a major focus in contemplative science related initiatives. Thupten jinpa mind training the great collection world. Known as the lojongor mindtrainingteachings, these slogans have been the subject of deep study, contemplation, and commentary by many great masters. In 2006, wisdom publications published the work mind training. Download pdf the seven points of mind training free online. Our lives, thupten jinpa offers insight into helpful practices such as mind training, and the compassion cultivation training he developed. Here is a series of veryshort, easytoread, articles on training the mind, many of which can be used at any time in our busy work schedule, and not. D compiled in the fifteenth century, mind training.
Excerpted from a talk given at the sacred stream center in berkeley, ca. Nov 22, 2011 essential mind training is drawn from the earliest collection of tibetan spiritual literature known as mind training or lojong in tibetan. Mind training, the tibetan tradition of mental and emotional. Download pdf essential mind training tibetan classics. The great collection thegpa chenpo blosbyong rgyartsa, translated by thupten jinpa. Jul 23, 2008 thupten jinpa langri was educated in the classical tibetan monastic academia and received the highest academic degree of geshe lharam equivalent to a doctorate in divinity. For many centuries indian and tibetan buddhists have employed this collection of pithy, penetrating dharma slogans to develop compassion, equanimity, lovingkindness, and joy for others. The six texts range in date from the twelfth to the seventeenth century and include. Most english speakers who have attended the teachings of the dalai lama have actually heard his wisdom through the voice of thupten jinpa, who has served as translator for his holiness since 1985. The mind training teachings are highly revered by the tibetan people for their pragmatism and downtoearth advice on coping with the various challenges and. Mind training, the tibetan tradition of mental and. Two exercises from thupten jinpa for turning intention.
Essential mind training by thupten jinpa overdrive rakuten. Lojong mind training, the tibetan tradition of mental and. Pdf training mind cultivating love download full pdf book. The seven points of mind training institut vajra yogini. By contemplating repeatedly the truth of karma and samsaric suffering, preoccupations with next life will come to cease.
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