Lojong Slogans
Basis
- First train in the preliminaries.
Main practice, Bodhicitta
- Regard all Dharmas as Dreams.
- Examine the nature of unborn awareness.
- Self-liberate even the antidote.
- Rest in the nature, the alaya, the essence.
- In post meditation, be a child of illusion.
Relative Bodhicitta
- Sending and taking should be practiced alternately; these two should ride the breath.
- Three objects, three poisons, three seeds of virtue.
- In all activities, train with the slogans.
- Begin the sequence of sending and taking with your self.
- Transformation of bad circumstances into the path of enlightenment.
- When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi.
- Drive all blames into one.
- Be grateful to everyone.
- Seeing confusion as the four kayaks is insurpassable shuntaya protection.
- Four practices are the best of methods.
- Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation.
Showing the Utilization of Practice in One’s Whole Life
- Practice the five strengths, the condensed heart instructions.
- The Mahayana instructions for ejection of consciousness at death is the five strengths, how you conduct yourself is important.
Evaluation of Mind training
- Of the two witnesses, hold the principle one.
- Always maintain only a joyful mind.
- If you can practice well while you are distracted, you are well trained.
Disciplines of Mind Training
- Always abide by the three basic principles.
- Change your attitude but remain natural.
- Don’t talk about injured limbs.
- Don’t ponder others.
- Work with the greatest defilements first.
- Abandon any hope of fruition.
- Abandon poisonous food.
- Don’t be so predictable.
- Don’t malign others.
- Don’t wait in ambush.
- Don’t bring things to a painful point.
- Don’t transfer the ox’s load to the cow.
- Don’t try to be the fastest.
- Don’t act with a twist.
- Don’t make gods into demons.
- Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness.
Guidelines
- All activities should be done with one intention.
- Correct all wrongs with one intention.
- Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end.
- Whichever of the two occurs, be patient.
- Observe these two even at the cost of your life.
- Train in the three difficulties.
- Take on the three principle causes.
- Pay heed that the three never wane.
- Keep the three inseparable.
- Train without bias in all areas.
- Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment.
- Don’t be swayed by external circumstances.
- This time practice the main points.
- Don’t misinterpret.
- Don’t vacillate.
- Train wholeheartedly.
- Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing.
- Don’t wallow in self pity.
- Don’t be jealous.
- Don’t be frivolous.
- Don’t expect applause.
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