Being Ordinary
- Introduction
- • ★ Lojong Slogans
- Begin with the beginning
- Treat experiences as dreams
- Examine the nature of awareness
- Don’t get trapped by emptiness
- Rest in the openness of mind
- In the intervals be a conjurer of illusion
- Practice giving and receiving on the breath
- 3 Objects, 3 Poisons, 3 Seeds of Virtue
- Always train with the slogans
- Begin Tonglen with yourself
- Use misfortune as practice
- Drive all blame into a single source
- Be grateful to everyone
- Let confusion awaken and practice emptiness
- Do good, avoid evil, appreciate your lunacy, pray for help
- Every encounter suddenly becomes the path
- Cultivate a serious attitude
- Practice for death as well as for life
- There is only one point of focus
- Be true to the principled one
- Cultivate an ever-present joyful mind
- Proficiency comes when practicing even when distracted
- Always train in the 3 basic elements
- Don’t make a public display of your efforts
- Don’t speak of the faults of others
- Don’t ponder the actions of others
- Don’t save your biggest problem
- Don’t expect results
- Don’t poison yourself
- Don’t be so predictable
- Don’t be mean
- Don’t wait in ambush
- Don’t make everything so painful
- Don’t unload on everyone
- Don’t rush things
- Don’t be devious
- Don’t make gods into demons
- Don’t be complacent of suffering
- Focus on a singe intention
- Remedy obstacles with one intention
- Two activities begin the day end the day
- Be patient either way
- Observe, no matter what
- Face the three challenges
- Adopt three key elements
- Keep tract of the three key elements
- Keep the three inseparable
- Train without bias
- Meditate on your dissatisfactions
- Embrace challenges presented by circumstances
- Right now exert yourself, get it right
- Remain committed and engaged
- Be consistent in your practice
- Be wholehearted
- Find freedom through investigation and close analysis
- Be modest and unassuming
- Practice sympathetic joy
- Be even tempered
Train without bias
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Without bias means not to make excuses. Train on every object without preference. Both in meditation and in post-meditation. Training must be broad and deep. Train wholeheartedly and constantly. Be all out in the open. Be in the world for the benefit of others. This is also Stoic in nature.
Train when it is fun. Train when frustrated. Don’t follow the ego into the realm of practice. It has its own ideas of what it wants to do. Don’t divide life into parts. Don’t hold back. Nothing is off limits. ‘Everything is the pallet for mastery. This is what practice is and how it’s done. Remember all that you encounter–intended or inconvenient–is an opportunity for practice.’
Don’t give yourself the refuge of not practicing with everything.
Keep the pressure on. Everything that happens is fodder for the mill of Mind Training. Every aspect of your life is a practice opportunity. Whatever you ignore or overlook will consume you.
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Alternate Titles
- Train wholeheartedly, openly, and constantly
- Train without bias in all areas
- Train constantly towards the chosen objects
- Train in all areas without partiality. Overall deep and pervasive proficiency is important
- Cherish the in-depth and broad application of all skills
- Train impartially in every field; Your training must be deep and all-pervading
- Train without bias in all areas. It is crucial to do this pervasively and wholeheartedly
- Practice with impartiality
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