Always Maintain a Joyful Mind

For centuries Tibetan Buddhists have relied on a collection of fifty-nine pith teachings (called lojong in Tibetan) to help them develop wisdom and compassion amid the challenges of daily living. In this book Pema Chödrön introduces these transformative teachings and offers guidance on how to make them part of our everyday lives.

The lojong teachings include: "Always maintain only a joyful mind," "Don't be swayed by external circumstances," "Don't be so predictable," and "Be grateful to everyone." Each slogan is followed by Pema Chödrön's accessible and succinct commentary on how to understand and apply it.

This book also features a forty-five-minute audio program entitled "Opening the Heart," in which Pema Chödrön offers in-depth instruction on tonglen meditation, a powerful practice that anyone can undertake to awaken compassion for oneself and others.

Customer Reviews:

Useful and succinct

By ygdrasl - August 8, 2008

The Lojong teachings are translated here by an English speaker with great feeling for nuance.
Her explanations are pithy and insightful.
I'm copying them onto pages of my datebook so I have them to reference.

A Joyful Mind

By Poley - April 22, 2011

Fabulous insights - I read this on a regular basis and it helps me be more conscious of my thoughts and live mindfully!

i recommend all her works

By baphomette de medici - May 30, 2010

of course, you might not want the hardbacks or readers, but this is another great addition to the pema canon. gentle and foreceful simultaneously. much like TNHahn