Chogyam Trungpa: Two Activities: One at the Beginning, One at the End Pema Chodron: Two Activities: One at the Beginning, One at the End Jamgon Kongtrul: At the Beginning and the End, Two Things to Be Done Alan Wallace: There are Two Actions on Two Occasions, at the Beginning and End Rabten & Dhargyey: There are Two Duties: at the Beginning and the End. Dilgo Khyentse: Two Things to Be Done, at the Start and at the Finish Practice every suppression of interference by one. Endure whichever situation arises, either (good or bad).  Guidelines   Rabten & Dhargyey

There are Two Duties: at the Beginning and the End.

 
Every morning when we rise, instead of planning pointless activities that waste our time we should resolve to turn all actions of our body, speech, and mind toward the cultivation of the unsurpassable awakening mind. At the end of the day, we should meditate on the actions we have performed and try to recollect them all. If we have benefited either ourselves or others, we should rejoice and dedicate any merit toward the ultimate benefit of all. If, on the contrary, we have spent the day in useless activities, we should take caution against repeating such actions and make the decision to work from now onward with more awareness and intelligence.

Copyright Brian Beresford, 1977, 1996. Excerpted from Advice from a Spiritual Friend, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144 U.S.A, www.wisdompubs.org

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An excellent, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the Mind Training tradition by two Tibetan lamas, which in addition to commentaries on Chekawa's proverbs also includes commentaries on Atisha's 'Jewel Rosary of an Awakening Warrior' and Langri Tangpa's 'Eight Verses on Mind Training'.
Geshe Rabten's autobiography
Account of Geshe Rabten's retreat, his progress, the insights and realizations he attained, and the advice given himn by his teachers.
The most fundamental text of the Mind Training practice, and also probably the most powerful. Composed by DharmaRakshita, Atisha's Indonesian teacher, around 1000 A.D. With commentary by Geshe Dhargyey. Explains with great clarity how our selfishness, paranoia, and self-absorption return to us like a rock thrown straight up into the air.