The Seven Points of Mind Training
Point One
The Preliminaries, Which Teach the Support for Dharma
First, train in the preliminaries.
Point Two
The Actual Practice: Training in Bodhicitta
Regard all phenomena as dreams.
Examine the nature of unborn awareness.
Even the remedy is freed to subside naturally.
Rest in the nature of all, the basis of everything.
In postmeditation practice, be a child of illusion.
Train in taking and sending alternately. Put them on the breath.
Three objects, three poisons, three seeds of virtue.
Use sayings to train in all forms of activity.
Begin the sequence of exchange with yourself.
Point Three
The Transformation of Adverse Conditions into the Path of Awakening
When evil fills the world and its inhabitants,
change adverse conditions into the path of awakening.
RELATIVE BODHICITTA
Drive all blames into one.
Be grateful to everyone.
ULTIMATE BODHICITTA
To see confusion as the four kayas,
the protection of emptiness is insurpassable.
Special Practices
The four applications are the best method.
In order to take unexpected conditions as the path,
immediately join whatever you meet with meditation.
Point Four
The Utilization of the Practice in One's whole Life
What To Do During One's Life
A summary of the essential instructions:
Train in the five forces.
What To Do At Death
The mahayana instructions for how to die are the five forces.
How you act is important.
Point Five
The Extent of Proficiency in Mind Training
All dharma has a single purpose.
Of the two judges, rely on the principal one.
Always have the support of a joyful mind.
You are proficient if you can practice even when distracted.
Point Six
Commitments of Mind Training
Always practice the three general principles.
Change your attitude, but remain natural.
Do not talk about weak points.
Do not think about the affairs of others.
Work on the stronger disturbing emotions first.
Give up all hope for results.
Give up poisonous food.
Don't be so predictable.
Don't be excited by cutting remarks.
Don't wait in ambush.
Don't bring things to a painful point.
Don't put the horse's load on a pony.
Don't aim to win.
Don't revert to magic.
Don't reduce a god to a demon.
Don't seek others' pain as a component of your own happiness.
Point Seven
Guidelines for Mind Training
All active meditation is done in one way.
All corrections are made in one way.
At the beginning and at the end, two things to be done.
Whichever of two occurs, be patient.
Observe these two, even at the risk of your life.
Learn the three difficult points.
Take up the three primary resources.
Don't allow the three to weaken.
Make the three inseparable.
Train in all areas without partiality.
Overall deep and pervasive proficiency is important.
Always meditate on volatile points.
Don't depend on external conditions.
This time, practice the important points.
Don't misinterpret.
Don't fluctuate.
Train wholeheartedly.
Find freedom through both examination and investigation.
Don't wallow in self-pity.
Don't be jealous.
Don't be tempermental.
Don't expect thanks.
Concluding Verses
This quintessential elixir of instruction,
Which changes the five kinds of degeneration
Into the way of awakening,
Is a transmission from Serlingpa.
The awakening of the karmic energy of previous training
Aroused intense interest in me.
Therefore, I ignored suffering and criticism
And sought instruction for subduing ego-clinging.
Now, when I die, I'll regret nothing.