Seven Points of Mind Training

Mind Training (Lojong) Seven Points of Mind Training

Texts related to the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma), first written down by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175) following the tradition of Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1055?).

Commentaries

Commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training

by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

This is among the best known and most commonly taught commentaries on the popular mind training slogans. The author, famous for his Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas, writes in the style of the pith instructions, in plain and simple language.

Damngak Dzö 16 Aug 2018

Notes on the Seven Points of Mind Training

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

These notes on the Seven Points of Mind Training appear to derive from the celebrated commentary of Sé Chilbu Chökyi Gyaltsen (1121–1189). Unfortunately the notes do not cover the entire root text and their brevity is suggestive of lecture notes or an aide-memoire.

Notes 6 Jan 2020

Lineage Prayers

Prayer to the Lineage of Seven-Point Mind Training

by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

A supplication to the lineage of the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma), or Verses of Mahāyāna Mind Training.

Lineage Prayers Damngak Dzö Compendium of Sādhanas 29 Nov 2022

Prayers

Ambrosia for the Mind

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer for perfecting the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma) when he was in the presence of the famous Atiśa statue at the Tārā Temple in Nyethang (snye thang). The section headings were added by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

Kadam Khyentse Kabab 11 May 2007

Root Text

Seven Points of Training the Mind According to the Great Vehicle

by Geshe Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje

One of the most important and influential works of mind training composed in Tibet, this series of slogans was first composed—that is, written down—by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175) according to the tradition of Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1055?). The seven points cover: 1) the preliminaries, 2) main practice, 3) transformation of adversity, 4) lifelong application of the practice, 5) measures of progress, 6) commitments, and 7) precepts.

The Seven Points of Mind Training: Root Text of the Mahāyāna Instruction

by Geshe Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje

This version of the Seven Points of Mind Training, which is included in the Damngak Dzö collection, accords with the commentary by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo (1297–1371)—in its sequence of the slogans and in its annotations.

Damngak Dzö 4 Mar 2025

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