Eight Verses for Training the Mind
Geshe Sonam Rinchen
- How
- do
- we
- free
- ourselves
- from
- the
- demon
- of
- self-concern?
- These
- instructions
- are
- found
- in
- Eight
- Verses
- for
- Training
- the
- Mind,
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- texts
- from
- a
- genre
- of
- Tibetan
- spiritual
- writings
- known
- as
- lojong
- (literally
- "mind
- training").
- The
- root
- text
- was
- written
- by
- the
- eleventh-century
- meditator
- Langritangpa.
- His
- Holiness
- the
- Dalai
- Lama
- refers
- to
- this
- work
- as
- one
- of
- the
- main
- sources
- of
- his
- own
- inspiration
- and
- includes
- it
- in
- his
- daily meditations.
