Change Your Mind, Change Your Life: The Transformative Power of Lojong Practice

by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Genres: Buddhism

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2026

About the author

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being one of the very few Western yoginis trained in the East, having spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.

Vicki Mackenzie, who wrote Cave in the Snow about her, relates that what inspired the writing of the book was reading Tenzin Palmo's statement to a Buddhist magazine that "I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes".

Reviews

[Claire]

This is a commentary on Geshe Chekawa’s Seven Point Mind Training known as Lojong teachings, training the mind, written in the twelfth century.

Jetsunma has made these rather pithy, obscure teachings accessible and relevant for modern practitioners. This book is easy to read, informative and practical for the modern world, also deeply inspiring.

In addition there is much advice on general practise and encouragement.

Highly recommended.