Training the Mind
The first seven verses of the Eight Verses for
Training the Mind deal with the practices associated with cultivating
the method aspect of the path such as compassion, altruism, aspiration
to attain buddhahood, and so on. The eighth verse deals with the
practices that are directed toward cultivating the wisdom aspect of the
path.These are the first three verses from the Eight Verses of
Training the Mind, and commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama that was given
on November 8, 1998 in Washington D.C.