A Necklace for the Lucid: A Clarification of the Workings of the Mind and the Mental Factors

The scholarly Buddhist master and teacher, Yongdzin Yeshe Gyentsen (1713-1793), in this work offers us a detailed explication of the major features of Buddhist psychology, replete with the classical definitions of mind and its many aspects.

[From the book:] According to Geshe Gönbawa, “In order to be able to abandon the mental afflictions you must know their defects, their characteristics, their antidotes, and what it is that causes them to arise. Once you have understood their defects, view them as faults and hold them as your enemies. Therefore, study the way they are taught in the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras and in Engaging in Bodhisattva Activities and listen to teachings from the Abhidharma to learn what mind is and the characteristics of the mental afflictions.”