Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training [Paperback]

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Author), Padmakara Translation Group (Translator)

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Publication Date: June 20, 2006

Condenses the path to Buddhahood into straight-forward practical instructions based on a famous text of slogans.

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"Filled with stories and examples . . . makes you realize the possibility of a radically different point of view." -- Shambhala Sun

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• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (June 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559392533
• ISBN-13: 978-1559392532
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truely helpful guide to making real, Buddhist practice in your life., August 6, 2007

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M. Ennis "yaicha" (saugerties, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training (Paperback)

For those of us who cannot grasp into deep esoteric teachings, this book is simply amazing. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche takes the Tibetan Text "The Thirty Seven Verseson the Practice of a Bodhisattva" and expounds upon it in such a way as to transform it into very personal, very practical ways for using your mind and living this life. Don't get me wrong, this isn't watered down simplistic teachings like "be nice" this is still hard core Bodhisattva practice... and Dilgo Rinpoche's teachings cut across all traditions. I am a Zen practitioner, not a Tibetan practitioner, but I simply wept when I read this book. It is so very helpful for those of us attempting to cultivate true compassion and live out of that, no matter what tradition we practice in... For people who need the teachings to be practical and clear, this book is a true gem.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all about the practice! --Profound wisdom for cutting through the root cause of suffering ..., August 6, 2006

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This review is from: Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training (Paperback)

The lojong--"mind transformation"--tradition in Vajrayana Buddhism constitutes a profound spiritual discipline for overcoming the root casue of suffering and cultivating real happiness. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who passed away in 1991, was one of the great Dharma lions of his generation, a teacher of teachers (including His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Here he offers a practical, uncompromising, yet always compassionate guide to applying the lojong teachings in ALL of daily life, whatever comes to knock us on the head. I would recommend studying this volume alongside the Dalai Lama's TRANSFORMING THE MIND--TEACHINGS ON GENERATING COMPASSION, which provides a wonderfully humane and practical commentary on the famous "Eight Verses on Transforming the Mind."

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transformational Text, November 10, 2008

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Edward R. Kelley "Dr. Kelley" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This book graciously presents one of the most profound teachings of all times with guidance and commentary from one of the greatest teachers of Tantric Buddhism of the Twentieth Century.
This book needs to not only be read, but seriously studied repeatedly by any serious practitioner of bodhicitta. Simple instructions for an astoundingly comprehensive state of consciousness.