Seven Points of Mind Training

From Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving Kindness
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Point 7 : Guidelines of Mind Training

51: This time, practice the main points.

Point Seven : This time, practice the main points.

Commentary :

"This time" refers to this lifetime. You have wasted many lives in the past, and in the future you may not have the opportunity to practice. But now, as a human being who has heard the dharma, you do. So without wasting any more time, you should practice the main points.

This teaching is threefold: 1) the benefit of others is more important than yourself; 2) practicing the teaching of the guru is more important than analytical study; 3) practicing bodhichitta is more important than any other practice.