How do we free ourselves from the demon of self-concern? These
instructions are found in Eight Verses for Training the Mind, one of
the most important texts from a genre of Tibetan spiritual writings
known as lojong (literally mind training). The root text was written
by the eleventh-century meditator Langritangpa. His Holiness the Dalai
Lama refers to this work as one of the main sources of his own
inspiration and includes it in his daily meditations.