## Metadata - Author: [[Alan B. Wallace]] - Full Title: The Seven-Point Mind Training - Category: #books ## Highlights - The tradition of the Seven-Point Mind Training can be traced back to AdL a who received these teachings from Serlingpa (gSer gling pa) roughly one thousand years ago. The tradition passedorally to Chekawa ('Chad kha ba), who wrote down the verses of the root text preserved here. The oral transmission of the practice has continued unbroken to the present, and I received it in 1973 from the Tibetan lay teacher Ku-ngo Barshi. ([Location 42](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001UHMSWU&location=42)) - at the heart of the Seven-Point Mind Training lies this transformation of the circumstances that life brings us, however hard, as the raw material from which we create our own spiritual path. ([Location 52](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001UHMSWU&location=52)) - The term Mind Training is a literal rendering of the Tibetan lo jong (blo sbyong). The word lo can be translated as mind, attitude, way of thinking, or mind state. But Tibetan makes no distinction between the mind and heart, so the word applies equally to the feelings of the heart. Accurately speaking, the Seven-Point Mind/Heart Training entails a change of heart as much as a transformation of the mind. ([Location 62](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001UHMSWU&location=62)) - It is commonly said in Tibet that "each lama has his own Dharma." Each teacher is unique, as are the needs of each student, and there is room within the teachings to accommodate these differences. ([Location 78](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001UHMSWU&location=78)) - As we become aware of the preciousness of human life in the context of successive lifetimes, priorities shift, leading us to make various sacrifices: lesser wages, for example. There isn't anyone who is too busy to practice Dharma. There areplenty of people who have priorities that they place above Dharma. ([Location 146](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001UHMSWU&location=146))