Hi All

After Thursday's discussion about difficulties with practice and the
exchanging self for others; within the Gelugpa Lam Rim teachings the
Tong Len is combined with another practice (seeing all beings as having
been one's mother), to form the Seven Point Cause and Effect practice.

The main aim is then to develop a special intention to benefit other
beings, and combines the generation of compassion with insight into
emptiness. It comes just after the beginning of the Great Scope part of
the Lam Rim, where freedom from Samsara is moved from self to others.

When I give my talk on the Lam Rim on Thursday 21st December, I hope to
include the Tong Len, and to put the practice into a wider context.

Tim
#8^D