Transform life’s difficult moments into opportunities for growth with this clear and direct guide to Tibetan lojong, or mind training.

Take the Tibetan Buddhist approach to mind training with lojong, a practice of simple contemplations and pithy “slogans” to train the mind in enlightened compassion, or bodhichitta. A centuries old, time-tested method, lojong remains readily applicable to daily life.

One of the most essential lojong texts is The Seven-Point Mind-Training, a series of slogans composed by Tibetan master Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1102-76). In this straightforward guide to The Seven-Point, the renowned Buddhist teacher Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo unpacks each of Chekawa’s lojong slogans and illuminates their relevance to modern life. Jetsunma’s teachings will allow you to:

• Discover a wellspring of compassion to guide you in your daily life;

• Gain a new understanding on core Buddhist concepts like the preciousness of human life, impermanence, karma, and rebirth;

• Establish or develop a meditation practice for both tranquility and insight into the nature of mind;

• Work with the totality of your life as an opportunity for spiritual practice and growth—even the most difficult experiences of adversity, illness, and despair.