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This is the first in a series of talks from the Western Buddhist Order Convention in 2001 offering different perspectives on the Abhidharma and exploring from a personal perspective what the study of the 51 Mental Events can tell us about our minds and how they work. Based on the classic Tibetan text \\u2018Necklace of Clear Understanding\\u2019, this is a terrific, clear introduction by Dhammadinna to the whole area of how to \\u2018Know Your Mind\\u2019.

Tracked version includes the following detail:

1. Lineage of material on Mind; Yeshe Gyaltsen\\u2019s \\u2018Necklace of Clear Understanding\\u2019; Sangharakshita\\u2019s \\u2018Know Your Mind\\u2019; Subhuti\\u2019s talks on \\u2018Mind and Mental Events\\u2019

2. The Abhidharma \\u2013 classification of mental events; transforming mental states and actions; sharing and confessing

3. What is \\u2018Mind\\u2019? Introspection \\u2013 Dharma-Vichaya (dhammaviccaya); the seven \\u2018Limbs of Enlightenment\\u2019 (Bodhyangas); reflecting on the lakshanas and Pratitya Samutpada

4. Practical aids in working with mental events; different Abhidharma traditions; lists as tools

5. Defining and experiencing Mind; manas (state of consciousness); impossible to pin down; Milarepa and the Shepherd\\u2019s Search for Mind; mind and the subjective

6. Subjective versus objective; the Yogachara perspective; the skandhas and vijnana; the Enlightened person and non-identification with the subjective)

7. The eight vijnanas and the five Wisdoms or Jinas; Yeshe Gyaltsen\\u2019s focus on the senses

8. Characteristics of mind \\u2013 i. clarity ii. cognition iii. momentary iv. conditioned v. karma

9. Primary Mind (chitta, citta); mental events as how the mind takes hold of objects; experiencing \\u2018Pure Mind\\u2019 through prajna; Milarepa\\u2019s list of requirements

10. A Look at the 51 mental events; six categories and two perspectives

11. Summary \\u2013 transforming mental states; Padmasambhava on Mind

Talk given at Wymondham, 2001

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