Daily email Reminders

I am posting these daily email reminders from the Tonglen and Mind Training Site http://lojongmindtraining.com/ as a possible jump off point for writing. If they inspire some writing, I will post it in the comments. You are welcome to post too of course.

The Lojong Reminders;

First, Train in the Preliminaries

In practicing the slogans and in your daily life, you should maintain an awareness of

[1] the preciousness of human life and the particular good fortune of life in an environment in which you can hear the teachings of Buddhadharma;

[2] the reality of death, that it comes suddenly and without warning;

[3] the entrapment of Karma – whatever you do, whether virtuous or not, only further entraps you in the chain of cause and effect; and

[4] the intensity and inevitability of suffering for you and for all sentient beings.

This is called “taking the attitude of the four reminders”

From Training the Mind & Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chogyam Trungpa , copyright 1993 by Diana Mukpo.
(Official Chogyam Trungpa Website)
Published by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston.