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2) Think all phenomena are like dreams. (My reality depends on momentary perception)
4) Let even the antidote vanish of itself. (Don't cling to the method)
7) Alternately practice sending & taking. (Meditation: Breathe in, All Suffering / Breathe
out, Everything Good)
9) Practice every activity with slogans. (Tonglen & Lojong in every act)
10) Begin taking & sending w/ yourself. (Until I can do for myself, I will be unable to do
for another)
11) When evil fills the world, change adversity into the path of awakening. (Each
obstacle is a chance to wake up)
12) Drive all Blames into One. (Suffering has no other cause than Ego Clinging)
13) Be grateful to everyone. (Obstacles presented by others are some of the very best
opportunities to develop by Lojong)
5. Yardsticks (17-20)
17) All dharma has a single goal. (All lessons are designed to subdue ego-clinging)
18) Of the 2 witnesses, follow the one. (Be true to myself)
19) Always have the support of a Joyful mind. (With help of a joyful mind, difficulty is
an aid to Tonglen - Lighten Up!)
6. Commitments (21-36)
22) Transform your desires, & remain who you are. (Do not be ostentatious in my new
attitude of compassion)
23) Do not discuss defects. (Of others or myself)
24) Do not ponder others. (It is merely a mirror of myself & "Pray: May all be free of
this suffering.")
25) Work on your greatest imperfection first. (Focus full awareness on the place where I
repeatedly stumble.)
26) Give up hoping for results. (It creates barriers to earnest practice on the path -
Bodichitta)
27) Abandon poisonous food (Even virtuous thoughts & actions, if motivated by Clinging
to concrete reality & self-cherishing, are like poisonous food)
28) Don't rely on consistency. (As when I am unable to break from the past.)
29) Don't malign others. (Do not gossip either good or bad.)
30) Don't wait for an opportunity (Either: to engage in practice or to 'ambush' another)
32) Don't transfer the Ox's burden to a cow. (Don't shift responsibility for my feelings,
blame, or other burdens)
33) In your practice, don't aim to win. (The Practice is not a race or competition to be
better than others)
34) Don't act with a twist. (Act without ulterior motive, only be direct & straight, not
sneaky, not sideways)
35) Don't make Gods into Demons. (Avoid inflated ego that may use the practice to avoid
real insight)
36) Do not expect advantage from suffering. (Yearning for another's suffering merely
guarantees my own)
7. Guidlines (37-57)
37) Do everything with One intention. (Transform everything, even obligations into
Spiritual Practice w/ "Bodhichitta" intention)
38) One method will correct all wrong. (Awareness / mindfulness)
39) 2 Actions on 2 Occasions: beginning & end. (Begin & end each day with a
commitment to Bodhicitta practice)
40) Be patient, whichever of the 2 occurs. (Don't jump into my habitual pattern in either
good or bad fortune)
41) Observe two precepts even at the risk of life. (Awareness & compassion - Osho)
42) Train in 3 difficult disciplines.
First, become aware when disturbing emotions arise;
Later, as soon as I am aware, turn from it;
Finally, take action to prevent the seed before it is sown)
43) Take on the 3 primary resources. (Teacher, Environment, Teachings)
44) Don't allow 3 things to weaken. (Three Jewels / Objects of Refuge: the Buddha, the
Sangha, and the Dhamma/Dharma)
45) Keep the 3 Inseparable. (Integrate Practice in Body, Speech, & Mind)
46) Deep & pervasive training: unbiased in every area. (Without beliefs, without
boundary, without holding back: in all 3 objects: #8)
47) Meditate on that which provokes resentment. (Use resentments as a reminder, not an
obstacle)
48) Do not rely on external conditions. (All conditions nurture the practice of
Lojong/Tonglen)
52) Train wholeheartedly. (After I think I get it, start again to go to the next deeper
understanding - again & again)
53) Find freedom by using: Examination & Investigation. (Be aware of the strongest
clinging, then notice when it arises, again & again)
54) Don't make a fuss. (Neither brag or wallow in self-pity - every experience is illusion)
56) Don't be frivolous or fickle. (Don't irritate others by my action, such as jealousy or
"holier than...")
57) Don't expect thanks. (Don't do anything merely for the recognition of others)