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At KSC in Barrington, NH, we studied The Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrul (translated by Ken McLeod) in 2002. This classic 19th-century text is a commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training, which have come down to us from the 11th-century Indian teacher Atisha via Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, a 12th-century Tibetan teacher of the Kadampa Lineage.

In spring and summer 2003 and 2004, we studied a selection of the slogans at KDSC, our Portsmouth, NH, center. The slogans we have studied so far are listed below for review and practice. Some students review all the slogans periodically, while others focus on one slogan and work with it for one or more days or weeks.

	First train in the preliminaries.
	Regard all phenomena as dreams.
	Rest in the nature of all, the basis of everything.
	In postmeditation practice, be a child of illusion.
	Train in taking and sending alternately. Join them with the breath.
	Use slogans to train in all forms of activity.
	Begin the sequence of exchange with yourself.
	When negativity fills the world and its inhabitants/Change adverse conditions into the path of awakening.
	Drive all blame into one.
	Be grateful to everyone.
	Whenever you meet the unexpected, join it with meditation.
	Always have the support of a joyful mind.
	A summary of the essential instruction: Train in the five forces.
	The Mahayana instructions for how to die / Are the five forces. How you act is important.
	All Dharma has a single purpose.
	Of the two judges, rely on the principal one.
	You are proficient if you can practice even when distracted.
	Change your attitude, but remain natural.
	Do not talk about weak points.
	Don't think about the affairs of others.
	Work on the stronger disturbing emotions first.
	Give up all hope for results.
	All active meditation is done in one way.
	At the beginning and at the end, two things are done.
	Train in all areas without partiality. Overall deep and pervasive proficiency is important.
	Train wholeheartedly.

More background, information and commentary on the slogans of the Seven Points of Mind Training may be found in The Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrul, Training the Mind by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron.