27. Work on the stronger disturbing emotions first

  • This is the Fifth Slogan/Instruction of Point Six, which consists of sixteen instructions.
  • Point Six is “The Disciplines of Mind Training”

Jamgön Kongtrül wrote:

Examine your personality to determine which disturbing emotions are the strongest. Concentrate all dharma practice on them in the beginning, and subdue and clear them away.

The Great Path of Awakening, translated by Ken McLeod

Gilt bronze; overall: 43.6 cm (17 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art

Virupa, early 1400s. Gilt bronze; overall: 43.6 cm (17 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art