L’addestramento mentale in sette punti – Introduzione

This introduction presents L’addestramento mentale in sette punti (The Seven-Point Mind Training), traditionally associated with Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, and situates it within the historical and textual development of the Tibetan lojong tradition. It discusses the transmission and different redactions of the root text and introduces the commentaries by Se Chilbu Chökyi Gyaltsen and Thogme Sangpo. Particular attention is devoted to the oral and textual transmission of mind-training teachings, the comparative translation of the commentarial sources, and the development of the practice of giving and taking (tonglen). The contribution also examines the relationship between tonglen, the cultivation of bodhicitta, and Śāntideva’s practice of exchanging self and others, reflecting on the historical transformation of contemplative practices.