Ch 10 Part 5 - Mind Training Flashcards
(499 cards)
How can one train to work with overcoming attachment?
By applying the slogan “Don’t seek happiness for yourself alone,” one transforms attachment into altruistic intention.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on allowing frustration to arise without suppression.
The slogan “Transform all mishaps into the path of awakening” encourages us to meet frustration with openness and turn it into fuel for compassion.
How can one train to work with recognizing aversion?
Using the slogan “Be grateful to everyone,” even those who provoke aversion become teachers for patience and inner strength.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on surrendering control.
The slogan “Abandon any hope of fruition” reminds us to let go of the ego’s need to control outcomes and trust bodhicitta.
What practice helps with integrating mindfulness into emotion?
The slogan “Observe the nature of mind” supports cultivating awareness during emotional arisings, seeing them as transient appearances.
How is welcoming impermanence as a guide viewed in Lojong?
With the slogan “Contemplate the great kindness of everyone,” we develop gratitude for impermanent connections that support our growth.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on embracing uncertainty.
The slogan “Don’t be so predictable” trains the mind to remain open and flexible in the face of uncertainty.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on recognizing one’s own defensiveness.
The slogan “Drive all blames into oneself” challenges defensiveness and shifts the habit of blaming others.
Which mental habit is transformed by working with gratitude?
The slogan “Be grateful to everyone” uproots entitlement and self-importance, nurturing humility and joy.
How is turning pain into the path of awakening explained?
The slogan “When the world is filled with evil, transform adversity into the path of bodhi” points to using pain as fuel for compassion and insight.
How is welcoming impermanence as a guide viewed in MahÄ_x0081_yÄ_x0081_na mind training?
welcoming impermanence as a guide is met with inner stability and a commitment to benefit others.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on embracing obstacles as spiritual training.
This is addressed by integrating slogans and guided reflection on embracing obstacles as spiritual training.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on applying compassion to habitual reactivity.
In Lojong, applying compassion to habitual reactivity becomes fuel for deepening wisdom and equanimity.
What practice helps with transforming aggression into care?
By cultivating insight and compassionate intention, one transforms transforming aggression into care into the path.
How can one train to work with transforming aggression into care?
By cultivating insight and compassionate intention, one transforms transforming aggression into care into the path.
What is a Lojong approach to letting go of resentment through patience?
By cultivating insight and compassionate intention, one transforms letting go of resentment through patience into the path.
What is a Lojong approach to transforming aggression into care?
transforming aggression into care is understood not as a problem but as an opportunity to generate bodhicitta.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on recognizing aversion as a teacher.
This is addressed by integrating slogans and guided reflection on recognizing aversion as a teacher.
Explain a bodhicitta perspective on restoring mental balance through ethical reflection.
restoring mental balance through ethical reflection is understood not as a problem but as an opportunity to generate bodhicitta.
What is a Lojong approach to transforming aggression into care?
By cultivating insight and compassionate intention, one transforms transforming aggression into care into the path.
How is reflecting on interdependence in all actions viewed in MahÄ_x0081_yÄ_x0081_na mind training?
reflecting on interdependence in all actions is understood not as a problem but as an opportunity to generate bodhicitta.
Which mental habit is transformed by working with letting go of resentment through patience?
This is addressed by integrating slogans and guided reflection on letting go of resentment through patience.
How is turning pain into the path of awakening viewed in MahÄ_x0081_yÄ_x0081_na mind training?
This is addressed by integrating slogans and guided reflection on turning pain into the path of awakening.
What is a Lojong approach to transforming aggression into care?
transforming aggression into care is met with inner stability and a commitment to benefit others.