Atisha’s Mind Training in Seven Points is one of the best-known sets of instructions for mind training (lojong) and the practice of taking and sending (tonglen). The Seven Points comprise a complete practice, with instructions and guidance that cover all the essential points of Mahayana Buddhism.
These teachings offer guidance for bringing our practice and understanding to all aspects of our lives. The first slogans guide us in recognizing the very essence of mind and embracing all of our experience with that wisdom.
Explore the audio teachings by Tim Olmsted below, including the Absolute Mind Training series, which explores the first instructions from this renowned text.
Listen to the two main collections of teachings:
Listen to series 1 on SoundCloud - Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training – Tim’s 2018 Commentary
Listen to series 2 on SoundCloud - Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training – Lojong (2020)
Absolute Mind Training
This short series explores the first instructions from Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training. These teachings offer guidance on recognizing the very essence of mind and bringing our practice and understanding to all aspects of our lives.
Related Resources
Read (PDF): The Seven Points of Mind Training (absolute slogans)Read (book): Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chögyam Trungpa
Read (book): Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön
Read (book): Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Read (book): The Practice of Lojong by Traleg Rinpoche
Read (book): The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life by Dzigar Kongtrul
Read (online article): Train Your Mind: Lojong Commentary by Judy Lief
Read (online article): How Lojong Awakens Your Heart by Pema Chödrön
Read (PDF): A Rainbow by Matthieu Ricard
Purchase: Lojong Slogan Cards by the Pema Chödrön Foundation
“Rest in natural great peace.
This exhausted mind.
Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought,
Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves
In the infinite ocean of samsara.
Rest in natural great peace.”