Sun, 24 May 2009
Tracked version includes the following detail: 1. Lineage of material on Mind; Yeshe Gyaltsen’s ‘Necklace of Clear Understanding’; Sangharakshita’s ‘Know Your Mind’; Subhuti’s talks on ‘Mind and Mental Events’ 2. The Abhidharma – classification of mental events; transforming mental states and actions; sharing and confessing 3. What is ‘Mind’? Introspection – Dharma-Vichaya (dhammaviccaya); the seven ‘Limbs of Enlightenment’ (Bodhyangas); reflecting on the lakshanas and Pratitya Samutpada 4. Practical aids in working with mental events; different Abhidharma traditions; lists as tools 5. Defining and experiencing Mind; manas (state of consciousness); impossible to pin down; Milarepa and the Shepherd’s Search for Mind; mind and the subjective 6. Subjective versus objective; the Yogachara perspective; the skandhas and vijnana; the Enlightened person and non-identification with the subjective) 7. The eight vijnanas and the five Wisdoms or Jinas; Yeshe Gyaltsen’s focus on the senses 8. Characteristics of mind – i. clarity ii. cognition iii. momentary iv. conditioned v. karma 9. Primary Mind (chitta, citta); mental events as how the mind takes hold of objects; experiencing ‘Pure Mind’ through prajna; Milarepa’s list of requirements 10. A Look at the 51 mental events; six categories and two perspectives 11. Summary – transforming mental states; Padmasambhava on Mind Talk given at Wymondham, 2001 To help us keep this free, please think about making a donation. |