Training the Mind REVIEW Point 1

Review of Points 1 Training the Mind

Because we forget...
Practice Point 1 - the fundamentals are where you build your foundation; return to the fundamentals when things get unstable....

1. Life is precious as a sentient being and gives us the opportunity to awaken
2. Life is fragile; please take care
3. Death is sudden and comes without warning; contemplate what you are doing right now; is it how you want to die?
4. Cause & Effect are inescapable: Practice without the me, my, mine; just see actions and the effects of actions without looking at the result; getting or losing any thing; just this action one after the other
5. Suffering in the conditioned world is inescapable
6. Liberation is beneficial. Are you still hanging on to compounded things thinking they'll payoff someday?
7. A teacher might be helpful: whatever is happening right where you are is your teacher...welcome your teacher with gratitude.

October Retreat 2005 with Ed Brown