ENLIGHTENED COURAGE: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training, by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Padmakara Translation Group

ENLIGHTENED COURAGE: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group

Highly respected by thousands of students throughout the world, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was one of the foremost poets, scholars, philosophers, and meditation masters of our time. Here he speaks frankly from his heart, drawing on his own life-long experience.

Condensing the compassionate path to Buddhahood into practical instructions that use the circumstances of everyday life, Rinpoche presents the Seven-Point Mind Training—the very core of the entire Tibetan Buddhist practice.

Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, whose remarkable life came to an end in September, 1991, was one of the foremost philosophers, poets and meditation masters of the Mahayana, Mahamudra and Great Perfection traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism. He was highly respected by thousands of students in Tibet and throughout the world.

Khyentse Rinpoche gave this commentary on the Seven-Point Mind Training, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Atisha, during his last visit to the West. He speaks frankly from his heart, drawing on his own life-long experience. The fact that Rinpoche has departed from this world adds much poignancy to his words, which many of his students regard as his parting gift.

"This is a book to keep and reread, a book to jolt one out of oneself and back to one's senses."—Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

"Filled with stories and examples, the great strength of Enlightened Courage is that it makes you realize the possibility of a radically different point of view."—Shambhala Sun

"Inspired and very clear."—The Tibet Journal

"Exceptional read!"—Today's Books

"When I think of Zurchungpa, for his great scholarship, years of practice in solitary retreats and for his great wisdom, compassion and charisma to lead countless students of all levels, my mind naturally goes to Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche. He must have been someone like him. This book enshrines the living experience and heart of two truly realized masters translated by people who not only understand but also practice the teachings."—Ringu Tulku

"The Seven Point Mind Training...contains instructions ranging from the meditation of tonglen (exchange of happiness for suffering), to practical advice on how to transform difficulties of life into aids for progress on the path. Dilgo Khyentse (1910-1991), a highly revered meditation master and scholar of the Nyingma lineage, draws the reader in quickly with vivid stories of the fundamental principles underlying the teaching. He then proceeds line by line through the root text and brings each line to life, clarifying and elaborating them, and again, using stories to make points and to engage the imagination."—Eastern Horizon

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was a highly revered meditation master and scholar of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was one of the foremost philosophers, poets and meditation masters of the Mahayana, Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism. One of the principal holders of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, he was also a dedicated exponent of the non-sectarian movement and was highly respected by thousands of students in Tibet and throughout the world.

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