Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 46-minute teaching on thought transformation, the teacher explains the practice of giving and taking as a method to weaken self-cherishing and cultivate compassion for others. After opening with a bodhicitta motivation, the session defines thought training as mind purification, distinguishing the self-cherishing mind from the mind that cherishes others. The core practice begins with visualization: taking on one’s own future sufferings first by inhaling them as black light, which dissolves into one’s self-cherishing thought at the heart centre, thereby weakening it. The teacher emphasizes starting with oneself to build willingness and confidence, then progressively extending the practice to one’s mother, relatives, enemies, and all beings. He stresses that strong mental courage is required and that there is no danger in the visualization itself, only benefit from retraining one’s habitual mind patterns.
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File: tbi-duplicate-kr-thought-tranf-suns-radiance-suns-radiance-of-thought-transformation-15a-1989-11-07
Teacher: TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989)
Collection: Sun's Radiance (TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989))
Date: 1989-11-07
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~3,781