This eighteenth century text concerns the mind and the ways in which it knows things, and is written from the point of view of the Gelug interpretation of the True Aspectarian branch of the Sautrantika tenet system of Indian Buddhism.

The works of Shantideva and Atisha laid the foundation for training the mind.

By training our minds through developing patience, we are able to refrain from returning harm to others.

The entire scope of mind training to transform negative attitudes into positive ones is summarized in eight verses.

Only by patiently and compassionately dealing with difficult people can we train our minds.

Meditation on death and impermanence is an essential Buddhist practice. It gives us a sense of urgency and strong motivation to practice the Dharma.

Jhado Rinpoche’s advice on how to practice the “Kalachakra Six-Session”: with correct understanding of voidness and bodhichitta.

Six-session guru-yoga is an essential daily practice after taking a tantric initiation. Read Serkong Rinpoche’s explanation of the Kalachakra version of it in the context of the lam-rim graded stages of the path.

Atisha introduces the three graded scopes of motivation leading to enlightenment.

The source of the lam-rim graded path teachings in Tibet.