Lojong (Mind Training) Lectures

Lojong is a Tibetan system of mind training that is about a thousand years old. It is based on a simple observation: most of our reactions switch on by themselves. Someone hurts us, and we flare up. Something does not go to plan, and anxiety takes over. We do not choose these reactions: they fire automatically, out of habit, and they are exactly what damages our relationships, decisions and health.

Lojong teaches us to notice the moment a reaction is just starting and to work with it. The tool is simple: short reminder formulas that are applied not on a meditation cushion but right in the thick of life: in a conversation, in a traffic jam, in a conflict.

Over time a pause appears between the situation and the response, and in that pause there is a choice. Difficulties stop merely draining you and start working for you.

Lojong requires neither preparation nor a change of lifestyle. For centuries this method has been used both by monks and by people with the most ordinary lives: work, family, children.

– fewer impulsive decisions and words you later regret

– calm under deadlines, in conflicts and in uncertainty

– attention stays on the task instead of scattering into anxious thoughts

– it becomes easier to hear colleagues and clients, even difficult ones

– fewer outbursts at loved ones, more harmonious and warmer relationships

– resentments do not pile up: you gain a way to work with them

– more energy: it no longer goes into replaying the same thoughts

– everyone around you feels a calm mind: life beside you becomes easier for family and friends alike

At the invitation of Lana Konchog Chodron, head of the Dharmachakra Center, the lectures will be given by His Eminence Khentrul Rabsang Rinpoche, a Tibetan meditation Master known for his deep knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and extraordinary kindness. He teaches how to apply meditation in everyday life and shares his experience of how proper mind training changes life for the better. Meeting such a Master is considered a rare and precious event.

A more detailed biography of Rinpoche: https://pagoda.lt/vizit-rabsanga-rinpoche-v-litvu/