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coat and the hat and it’s cold, but we know that we have to do it, and we teeter on the edge of the nest and we take off. Then w ...

it,” but actually the truth sinks in like rain into very hard earth. The rain is very gentle, and we soften up slowly at our own ...

try to apply them to our lives, and we can let them continually haunt us, haunt us into understanding what it really means to ex ...

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appendix The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind Chekawa Yeshe Dorje Point One:The Preliminaries, Which Are a Bas ...

These two should ride the breath. Three objects, three poisons, and three seeds of virtue. In all activities, train with slogans ...

Is the five strengths: how you conduct yourself is important. Point Five:Evaluation of Mind Training All dharma agrees at one po ...

210 Appendix Don’t make gods into demons. Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness. Point Seven:Guidelines of ...

Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing. Don’t wallow in self-pity. Don’t be jealous. Don’t be frivolous. Don’t expect appl ...

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bibliography Chödrön, Pema. The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness.Boston and London: Shambhala Publications, 1 ...

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resources Further teachings from Pema Chödrön on lojong prac- tice are available in The Compassion Box: Book, CD, and Card Deck ...

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Audio- and videotape recordings of talks and seminars by Pema Chödrön are available from: Great Path Tapes and Books 330 E. Van ...

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index of slogans Abandon any hope of fruition, 92, 136 Abandon poisonous food, 153 All activities should be done with one intent ...

Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness, 162 Don’t talk about injured limbs, 157 Don’t transfer the ox’s load ...

Sending and taking should be practiced alternately. / These two should ride the breath, 44 Take on the three principal causes, 1 ...

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