Summary: Dr. Hun Lye shares with participants the essence of the Buddha’s teachings on cultivating the awakening mind of compassion, wisdom, and altruism as expressed in a famous mind-training (Tib. lojong) instruction by 11th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Geshe Langri Thangpa known as “Eight Verses for Mind-Training.” As one teacher explained: “The fundamental theme of mind training practice is the profound reorientation of our basic attitude, both toward our own self and toward our fellow human beings, as well as toward the events around us. The goal of mind-training practice is the radical transformation of our thoughts, attitudes, and habits. Presently, we tend to cherish the welfare of our own self at the expense of all others. However, the mind-training teaching challenges us to reverse this process. This involves a deep understanding of others as true friends, and the recognition that our true enemy lies inside of ourselves, not outside.” www.UDharmaNC.com Urban Dharma NC is a new Buddhist center, a community-in-progress in western North Carolina. We are committed to the growing of Dharma locally, for Dharma to take roots in our lives here in this corner of the world, in this part of North Carolina, on the soil of these Appalachian mountains. Our motto “Changing Minds, Transforming Cities” expresses the vision of living the transformative teachings of the Buddha in a contemporary, urban context where we ground our lives in Dharma. Urban Dharma NC emphasizes integrating rather than compartmentalizing, engaging rather than retreating, communing rather than isolating. http://archive.org/download/TrainingTheMindRecoveringTheGoodHeartday1Of2ByDr.HunLye/2012-10-13Part02.mp3
