Mind Training: The Great Collection Akshobya Deity pictured on one side

Deity pictured on one side

That doesn’t mean you can’t be a Buddhist

A treasure of Rigdzin Jigmed Lingpa from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle—third edition

to karma and rebirth

In the Mahayana tradition

Mind Training: The Great Collection Akshobya Deity pictured on one sideTranslated by Thupten Jinpa, Ph. D. Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance. The mind training teachings are highly revered by the Tibetan people for