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tong-len (exchanging self and others)

Exchanging Oneself and Others

May 9, 2026June 5, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 32 minutesTeachings on the seven points of the cause and effect instruction and tong-len

Categories Ribur Rinpoche Tags tong-len (exchanging self and others)

Chapter Four: The Second Point – The Actual Practice,Training in Bodhicitta

May 12, 2026May 25, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 34 minutesA Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training

Categories Uncategorized Tags bodhicitta, emptiness (shunyata), kindness of mother sentient beings, samsara (cyclic existence), self-cherishing, selfishness, seven point cause and effect, suffering, tong-len (exchanging self and others), truly existent

A Commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training

May 11, 2023April 14, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 17 minutesA teaching on the Seven-Point Mind Training by Geshe Lama Konchog at Atisha Centre, Bendigo, Australia, from October 31 to November 3, 1987.

Categories Geshe Lama Konchog Tags bodhicitta, mind training (lo-jong), seven point cause and effect, tong-len (exchanging self and others)

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