{"product_id":"mind-training-the-great-collection-library-of-tibetan-classics-9780861714407","title":"Mind Training: The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled 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 their pragmatism and down-to-earth advice on coping with the various challenges and hardships that unavoidably characterize everyday human existence.  The volume contains forty-four individual texts  including the most important works of the mind training cycle  such as Serlingpas well-known Leveling Out All Preconceptions  Atishas Bodhisattvas Jewel Garland  Langri Thangpas Eight Verses on Training the Mind  and Chekawas Seven-Point Mind Training together with the earliest commentaries on these seminal texts. An accurate and lyrical translation of these texts  many of which are in metered verse  marks an important contribution to the worlds literary heritage  enriching its spiritual resources.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666198978613,"sku":"ByrdShop_0861714407","price":111.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780861714407.jpg?v=1782422655","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mind-training-the-great-collection-library-of-tibetan-classics-9780861714407","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}