Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering

By Karma Trinlay Rinpoche

Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering is a clear and authoritative, line by line commentary upon “ The Seven Points of Mind Training” a classic text of mind training practice, which contains the pith instructions that show the way in which to transform everyday life into the path of enlightenment. Karma Thinley Rinpoche' s commentary brilliantly illuminates these instructions, enabling us to apply them in any situation we encounter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rabsel Publications
• Release date: Apr 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9782360170548

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Point One

The Preliminaries: Showing the Foundation of the Dharma

If you wish to meditate on this practice of mind training in a single session, begin with the preliminary teachings. The place where you practise should be very clean and arrayed with beautiful offerings if you have them. Seated comfortably on a cushion, recite the Seven Branch Prayer well, then train in the motivations common to the greater and lesser vehicles. These include the difficulty of finding the freedoms and endowments; death and impermanence; karma–cause and result; and the defects of samsara. Clearly recollecting these, turn your mind towards the