Transform Your Mind & Change Your Life Retreat - 7-Point Mind Training from Atisha (part 8)
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- 1:26
And since we are venturing into the Mahāyāna Dharma, the way of the Bodhisattva, then obviously the most appropriate, the most meaningful motivation is to arouse bodhicitta, achieve perfect awakening.
- 2:18
The following practice be imbued with or held by this motivation. And as we did yesterday, let your awareness descend into the ground, right down to the earth element where your body is in contact. Let us rise up and fill the entire space of the body, mindfully present throughout this field.
- 3:14
And settle your body in a posture that is relaxed and vigilant. A state of effortless
- 5:21
the innermost challenge and that is first of all to set the mind at ease. Releasing all thoughts, hopes and concerns about the future and the past.
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1:26 And since we are venturing into the Mahāyāna Dharma, the way of the Bodhisattva, then obviously the most appropriate, the most meaningful motivation is to arouse bodhicitta, achieve perfect awakening. Report an error in the passage at 1:26
· · · silence, 1 minute
2:18 The following practice be imbued with or held by this motivation. And as we did yesterday, let your awareness descend into the ground, right down to the earth element where your body is in contact. Let Report an error in the passage at 2:18
3:04 us rise up and fill the entire space of the body, mindfully present throughout this field. Report an error in the passage at 3:04
3:14 And settle your body in a posture that is relaxed and vigilant. Report an error in the passage at 3:14
3:46 A state Report an error in the passage at 3:46
3:50 of effortless Report an error in the passage at 3:50
3:56 decision to settle in its natural rhythm. It Report an error in the passage at 3:56
4:01 effortless is Report an error in the passage at 4:01
· · · silence, 1 minute
5:21 the innermost challenge and that is first of all to set the mind at ease. Report an error in the passage at 5:21
5:29 Releasing all thoughts, hopes and concerns about the future and the past. Report an error in the passage at 5:29
· · · silence, 4 minutes
9:59 Taking note. Report an error in the passage at 9:59
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Talk by B. Alan Wallace. Original at Vajrayana Institute via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/retreatmindtraining. Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Transcript generated automatically and may contain errors; the audio is the authoritative version.
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