This week we continue talking about the Lojong.  As we said on the last podcast,  Lojong are a series of 57 or so short sayings that help guide us to enlightenment. These sayings are organized into 7 categories.  This gives this teaching it's other name, 'The 7 Points of Mind Training'. 

The 7 categories are:

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Main Practice (Bodhicitta )
3. Turning the negative into paths
4. Practicing in this lifetime
5. Evaluation of mind training
6. Commitments of mind training
7. Guidelines for mind training

This week we dive into the second point of mind training, The Main Practice. The second point deals mainly with Bodhicitta which we take a look at this week.  On this podcast we cover slogans 2, 3 and 4 which are:
A great site for information about all things Lojong is lojongmindtraining.com.  It covers each of the saying with commentary from one of seven great teachers.  You can even sign up to receive a random slogan and commentary e-mailed to you each day.

This week we start on a journey through The Lojong.  The Lojong are a series of 57 or so short sayings that help guide us to enlightenment. These sayings are organized into 7 categories.  This gives this teaching it's other name, 'The 7 Points of Mind Training'. 

The 7 categories are:

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Main Practice (Bodhicitta )
3. Turning the negative into paths
4. Practicing in this lifetime
5. Evaluation of mind training
6. Commitments of mind training
7. Guidelines for mind training

This week we cover the first category, The Preliminaries.  The preliminaries have been interpreted as both Shamatha/Vipashna meditation and The Four Reminders.  Both are incredibly valuable for this journey, but since we have dealt with meditation practice in much detail, in this podcast we review the Four Reminders.

A great site for information about all things Lojong is lojongmindtraining.com.  It covers each of the saying with commentary from one of seven great teachers.  You can even sign up to receive a random saying and commentary mailed to you each day.