Reddit mentions of The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind

Yeah it's not easy, but I had a lot of trauma and heartbreak to actually face and move on, which was holding me back because I was starting to resent people that just seemed to have life just fall into place for them, while mine was falling apart. It all started to change about a year ago when I read the book, "The Practice of Lojong". It's a bit difficult to read sometimes, but it will start to get your brain on the "right track" and start to see life, and other people in a different light.

http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Lojong-Cultivating-Compassion-Training/dp/1590303784

Ok, I've given you enough assignments now.... lol. Now go prosper, and spread the good word, and shine your light for others!

I really appreciate lojong training and think it's pretty underrated. The Great Path of Awakening, Training the Mind, and The Practice of Lojong are great texts to work with.

Like contemplating insight, studying lojong is a pithy way of integrating / absorbing dharma. I've found that studying them intensively allows them to arise in the conditions they best benefit in. For example, yesterday I was feeling contracted and the slogan regard all dharma [experience] as dreams spontaneously arose in mind*,* which effected an instant release and shifted perception into a dreamlike state.

>Slogan 19. All dharma agrees at one point -- All Buddhist teachings are about lessening the ego, lessening one's self-absorption.

This reminds us to not get caught in sectarian squabbling, or perhaps help us appreciate whatever tradition is most available and keep us from continuously shopping for something "better."

>Slogan 22. If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained.

This can help prevent us from overly-criticizing our practice when our minds are frantic rather than still, recognizing that we are being mindful all the same.

Hopefully you'll find something worth exploring in the slogans listed on the wiki!

Thanks again for the reply. I definitely laughed outloud when reading the middle part lol. You mentioned Lojong in your previous post. The practice of Lojong sounds very intersting to me: training the mind to be more compassionate and positive. Are there any books on Lojong you recommend? Doing a quick google search I found books by the Dalai Lama, Alan Wallace, and Traleg Kyabgon that all sound very interesting to me.