Select Slogans from Training in Compassion, by Norman Fischer:
Return to basics.
Rest in the openness of mind.
Practice sending and receiving alternately on the breath.
Begin sending and receiving practice with yourself.
Resolve to begin (again).
Whatever you meet is the path.
Cultivate a serious attitude.
Maintain joy (and don’t lose your sense of humor).
In post-meditation, be a child of illusion (not-knowing).
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Full list of Seven Points and Fifty-nine Slogans for Generating Compassion and Resilience
Excerpts:
Most from Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, by Norman Fischer
For This, I Walk Outside (poem), by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
How will you resist the tide of despair? (Excerpt) from Black Liturgies, by Cole Arthur Riley
Excerpt (about the woman with the dog) from Through Forests of Every Color, by Joan Sutherland