Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance. The mind-training teachings are highly revered by the Tibetan people for their pragmatism and down-to-earth advice on coping with the various challenges and hardships that unavoidably characterize everyday human existence.The volume contains forty-four individual texts, including the most important works of the mind training cycle, such as Serlingpa's well-known Leveling out All Preconceptions, Atisa's Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland, Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses on Training the Mind, and Chekawa's Seven-Point Mind Training together with the earliest commentaries on these seminal texts. An accurate and lyrical translation of these texts, many of which are in metered verse, marks an important contribution to the world''s literary heritage, enriching its spiritual resources.

Mind Training; The Great Collection, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Translator, Wisdom Publications, Hardcover, $69.95

Geshe Thupten Jinpa has been a principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for nearly two decades and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama, including The World of Tibetan Buddhism, Essence of the Heart Sutra, and Ethics for the New Millennium. His own works include Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-authored) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy. He is currently the president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics and lives in Montreal with his wife and two young daughters.

Preface	xiii
Introduction	1
Technical Note	17
Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland: Atisa Dipamkara (982-1054)	21
How Atisa Relinquished His Kingdom and Sought Liberation: Dromtonpa (1005-64)	27
The Story of Atisa's Voyage to Sumatra	57
Root Lines of Mahayana Mind Training: Atisa Dipamkara (982-1054)	71
Annotated Root Lines of Mahayana Mind Training	75
Seven-Point Mind Training: Chekawa (1101-75)	83
A Commentary on the "Seven-Point Mind Training": Se Chilbu (1121-89)	87
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons	133
The Peacock's Neutralizing of Poison	155
Melodies of an Adamantine Song: A Chanting Meditation on Mind Training	171
Stages of the Heroic Mind	177
Leveling Out All Conceptions	195
A Teaching on Taking Afflictions onto the Path	197
Guru Yoga Mind Training	199
An Instruction on Purifying Negative Karma	203
Mahayana Purification of Grudges	205
Two Yoginis' Admonition to Atisa to Train His Mind	207
Kusulu's Accumulation Mind Training	209
Mind Training Taking Joys and Pains onto the Path	213
Sumpa Lotsawa's Ear-Whispered Mind Training	215
Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Mind Training	217
Eight Sessions Mind Training	225
Mind Training Removing Obstacles	239
Mahayana Mind Training Eliminating Future Adversities	241
Atisa's Seven-Point Mind Training	247
Mind Training in a Single Session: Chim Namkha Drak (1210-85)	257
Advice to Namdak Tsuknor: Atisa Dipamkara (982-1054)	263
Glorious Virvapa's Mind Training: Lo Lotsawa (twelfth-thirteenth century)	269
Eight Verses on Mind Training: Langri Thangpa (1054-1123)	275
A Commentary on "Eight Verses on Mind Training": Chekawa (1101-75)	277
The Story of the Repulsive Mendicant	291
A Commentary on "Leveling Out All Conceptions"	293
Mahayana Mind Training	299
Public Explication of Mind Training: Sangye Gompa (1179-1250)	313
Yangonpa's Instruction on Training the Mind: Yangonpa (1213-58)	419
Guide to the Heart of Dependent Origination	423
Supplement to the "Oral Tradition": Konchok Gyaltsen (1388-1469)	431
Root Lines of "Parting from the Four Clingings"	517
Parting from the Four Clingings: Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147-1216)	519
Unmistaken Instruction on "Parting from the Four Clingings": Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)	525
An Instruction on "Parting from the Four Clingings": Nupa Rikzin Drak (thirteenth century)	527
A Key to the Profound Essential Points: A Meditation Guide to "Parting from the Four Clingings": Goram Sonam Senge (1429-1489)	529
A Concise Guide to "Parting from the Four Clingings": Kunga Lekpai Rinchen (fifteenth century)	541
Table of Tibetan Transliteration	567
Notes	577
Glossary	655
Bibliography	665
Index	681
About Thupten Jinpa	695