༄༅། །བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་བརྒྱད་མ་བཞུགས་སོ། ། Eight Verses for Training the Mind - Verse 1 བདག་ནི་སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ། ། ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ་ལས་ལྷག་པའི། ། དོན་མཆོག་སྒྲུབ་པའི་བསམ་པ་ཡིས། ། རྟག་ཏུ་གཅེས་པར་འཛིན་པར་ཤོག ། With a determination to achieve the highest aimFor the benefit of all sentient beings Which surpasses even the wish-fulfilling gem, May I hold them dear at all times. …. A highly-revered text from the Mahayana Lojong (mind training) tradition. These instructions offer essential practices for cultivating the awakening mind of compassion, wisdom, and love. Composed  by  the  Tibetan Buddhist  Master  Langri  Tangpa  (1054-1123),  Eight  Verses  for  Training  the  Mind  is  a  highly-revered  text  from  the  Mahayana  Lojong  (mind  training)  tradition.  These  instructions  offer  essential  practices  for cultivating  the  awakening  mind  of  compassion,  wisdom,  and  love.  This  eight-verse  lojong  enshrines  the  very heart  of  Dharma,  revealing  the  true  essence  of  the  Mahayana  path  to  liberation.  Even  a  single  line  of  this  practice can  be  seen  as  encapsulating  the  entire  teaching  of  the  Buddha.  For  even  a  single  statement  of  this  mind  training practice  has  the  incredible  power  to  help  us  subdue  our  self-oriented  behavior  and  mental  afflictions. … #eightversesfortrainingthind #langritangpa #dalailama  #sacredteachings #eightverses #trainingthemind  #lingpa #buddhist #compassion #philosophy #mindtraining #trainingmotivation #motivation #inspirationalquotes #aspirations #thinker #saint #mahayana #buddhism  #thongdrol #thongdrolquotes #quoteoftheday #trainingmind #worldpeace .. THONGDROL.ORG | DUSUMKHYENPA.ORG Thongdrol is a Tibetan word meaning liberation through seeing. It can be anything that motivates a person to pursue a spiritual path leading to liberation from the cycle of suffering. The Thongdrol will act as a bridge between people who want to seek a path of liberation and a vast repertoire of Buddha’s teachings including the concept of impermanence, interdependence, and empty nature of the reality. Follow us @thongdrol & @dusumkhyenpa Youtube: Thongdrol | Apple Podcast: Thongdrol | Facebook: thongdrol.ORG Twitter: thongdrolORG | Telegram: Thongdrol www.thongdrol.org | www.dusumkhyenpa.org