Training in Compassion

A prominent Zen teacher offers a “direct, penetrating, and powerful” perspective on a popular mind training practice of Tibetan Buddhism (Rick Hanson, author of  Buddha’s Brain ) Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice of working with short phrases (called "slogans") to generate  bodhichitta , the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. With roots tracing back to the 900 A.D., the practice has gained more Western adherents over the past two decades, partly due to the influence of Ame