Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Dalai Lama, 14th, Netherlands, 2018)

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Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Netherlands)

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa's "Eight Verses of Training the Mind" at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on September 17, 2018.

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Dalai Lama, 14th. "Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Netherlands)." Produced by the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Sep 17, 2018 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Sep 17, 2018. Video, 2:13:02. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqidwjqGkfE.

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blo sbyong tshig brgyad ma [བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིག་བརྒྱད་མ།]. [Eight Verses for Training the Mind].

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Composed by the Buddhist Master Langri Tangpa (1054-1123), Eight Verses for Training the Mind is a highly revered text from the Mahayana Lojong (mind training) tradition. These instructions offer essential practices for

cultivating the awakening mind of compassion, wisdom, and love. This eight-verse lojong enshrines the very heart of Dharma, revealing the true essence of the Mahayana path to liberation. Even a single line of this practice can be seen as encapsulating the entire teaching of the Buddha. For even a single statement of this mind training practice has the incredible power to help us subdue our self-oriented behavior and mental afflictions. The fundamental theme of mind training practice is the profound reorientation of our basic attitude, both toward our own self and toward our fellow human beings, as well as toward the events around us. The goal of mind training practice is the radical transformation of our thoughts, attitudes, and habits. Presently, we tend to cherish the welfare of our own self at the expense of all others. However, the mind training teaching challenges us to reverse this process. This involves a deep understanding of others as true friends, and the recognition that our

true enemy lies inside of ourselves, not outside. Source Accessed Jan 30, 2025)

Karuṇā - The profound wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. It is a core virtue in Buddhism and, in the Mahāyāna tradition, develops into 'great compassion' (mahākaruṇā), the driving force behind the pursuit of enlightenment for the benefit of others. Skt करुणा  Tib ཐུགས་རྗེ་  Ch 悲  

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Prajñā - One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent knowledge, or perhaps gnosis. In some contexts it can also refer to cognition or intellectual understanding. Skt प्रज्ञा  Tib ཤེས་རབ་  Ch 般若  

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Mettā - The unconditional wish for other beings to experience happiness and the causes of happiness. Skt मैत्री  Tib བྱམས་པ་  Ch 慈  

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Kleśa - Often referred to as poisons, these are a class of disturbing or disruptive emotional states that, when aroused, negatively affect or taint the mind. Skt क्लेश  Tib ཉོན་མོངས་  Ch 煩惱  

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