Working for the Benefit of Others Brings Meaning to Our Lives A core practice of the seven points of mind training, or lojong, is exchanging oneself for others. This practice has many beneficial aspects. To begin with, our general tendency is to cherish ourselves and live a self-centered life. This translates as “whatever I like, […]| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Buddhism has a complex history that spans thousands of years. Different schools have arisen, but each is rooted in the four noble truths.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
The good news is that right here, right now, we have agency: we can purify negative karma and build on positive karma.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Karma is intentional actions and their consequences. This creates mental imprints on how we perceive, and react to events in a certain way.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Lovingkindness is born from the warmth that we experience through our mindfulness and awareness practices. We can then share love and kindness with others.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Mahayana Buddhism describes three types of motivation, or 3 vehicles, which transport us from where we are right now to where we’d like to be.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
A mantra is a word or phrase that is repeated during meditation. Find the best mantras to suit your intention as an extension of mindfulness practice.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Aspiration bodhicitta is the practice of using every situation to cultivate positive intent. How can we put bodhicitta into practice?| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
The classic mind training verse ‘drive all blames into one’ teaches us to look for the one single source of our suffering, our own mind.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
The lojong mind training slogans are brief pith statements that serve as mindfulness reminders for integrating meditation in our daily lives.| Mindworks
Everyone has the capacity to achieve enlightenment and to manifest the qualities of a buddha: wisdom, compassion and power.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path