Thu, 16 Jul 2009
The Gist of Mind Training
Lama Phurbu Tashi has been teaching The Seven Points of Mind Training for the past month. Here's my interpretation of the gist of his teaching. We know that the ego has no true existence from scriptures, reasoning, and (hopefully one day) experience. But still we act as if the ego, the separation between self and others, exists. We act to benefiting ourselves at the expense of others. Reversing that attitude makes our egotism stand out. By shaking up our long standing habits we can see our egotism for wht it really is. Then we can look at our egotism, look at it with our mindfulness practice. In that way we improve both our meditation and our conduct.
