The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two

The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two

The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two

The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two

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Overview

Chögyam Trungpa continues his study of the three “yanas” of Tibetan Buddhism with this overview of the teachings of the mahayana

This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. Considered Chögyam Trungpa’s magnum opus, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma will resonate with new and senior students of Buddhism.

In this second volume, Chögyam Trungpa presents the bodhisattva teachings of the mahayana. At this point—having trained and seen the benefits of looking within—the student begins to shift their focus outward to the broader world. Formal entry into the mahayana occurs with taking the bodhisattva vow. Mahayana practitioners dedicate themselves to the service of all sentient beings, aspiring to save them from sorrow and confusion, and vowing to bring them to perfect liberation. This stage of the path emphasizes the cultivation of wisdom through the view and experience of emptiness, or shunyata, in which all phenomena are seen to be unbounded, completely open, ungraspable, and profound. From the ground of shunyata, compassionate activity is said to arise naturally and spontaneously.

In addition to mindfulness and awareness, the mahayanist practices lojong, or "mind training," based on the cultivation of the paramitas, or "transcendent virtues": generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and prajna, or "knowledge." As a component of lojong, tonglen, or "sending and taking," is practiced in order to increase maitri, or loving-kindness. Other topics covered in detail in this volume include bodhichitta, skillful means, Buddha nature and basic goodness, Madhyamaka, the ten bhumis, the three kayas, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611801057
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 04/15/2014
Series: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma , #2
Pages: 528
Sales rank: 406,336
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)—meditation master, teacher, and artist—founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

Judith L. Lief was a close student of Chögyam Trungpa, who authorized her as a teacher in the Buddhist and Shambhala traditions. She has served as one of his primary editors for over twenty-five years.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction ix

Pronunciation of Sanskrit and Tibetan xv

Part 1 Awakening the Heart

1 A Glimpse of Wakefulness 3

2 Love, Vision, and Warriorship 12

3 Doubt and Delight 20

Part 2 Buddha Nature

4 Enlightened Genes 31

5 Basic Goodness 40

Part 3 Preparing the Ground

6 Cultivating Wholesomeness 51

7 Expanding Your Practice 54

8 Cutting Ego Fixation 60

9 Awakening Your Enlightened Genes 69

10 The Spiritual Friend 78

Part 4 Making a Commitment

11 Indestructible Wakefulness 89

12 Planting the Moon of Bodhi in Your Heart 97

13 Cultivating a Mahayana Mentality 99

14 The Seven Mahayana Exercises 104

15 Taking the Bodhisattva Vow 107

16 Becoming a Bodhisattva 116

17 Joining Profundity and Vastness 121

Part 5 Emptiness and Compassion

18 Emptiness 129

19 Discovering a World beyond Ego 134

20 Emptiness and the Middle Way 142

21 Realizing the Emptiness of Ordinary Reality 149

22 Experiencing Reality in Its Fullest Sense 159

23 Contemplating Emptiness 171

24 Awakening Unfabricated Perception 180

Part 6 Bodhisattva Activity

25 Paramitas: Techniques of Nongrasping 193

26 Applying Emptiness to Everyday Life 203

27 Generosity 206

28 Discipline 214

29 Patience 229

30 Exertion 238

31 Meditation 249

32 Prajna 256

Part 7 Mind Training and Slogan Practice

33 Introduction to Mind Training 273

34 Undermining Aggression 282

35 Point One: The Preliminaries, Which Are a Basis for Dharma Practice 289

36 Point Two: Resting in Ultimate Bodhichitta 291

37 Point Two: Training in Relative Bodhichitta 302

38 Point Three: Transformation of Bad Circumstances into the Path of Enlightenment 317

39 Point Four: Showing the Utilization of Practice in One's Whole Life 338

40 Point Five: Evaluation of Mind Training 347

41 Point Six: Disciplines of Mind Training 357

42 Point Seven: Guidelines of Mind Training 368

43 Additional Mind-Training Instructions 378

Part 8 The Bodhisattva's Journey

44 The Paths and Bhumis 383

45 Very Joyful: The First Bhumi 389

46 The Second through Tenth Bhumis 397

47 Complete Radiance: The Eleventh Bhumi 420

Appendix 1 Never Forget the Hinayana 433

Appendix 2 The Practice of Oryoki 435

Appendix 3 The Heart Sutra 437

Appendix 4 Prajna Dialogues 439

Appendix 5 Forty-Six Ways in Which a Bodhisattva Fails 443

Appendix 6 The Root Text of the Seven Points of Mind Training 447

Appendix 7 Outline of Teachings 451

Glossary 469

Sources 483

Resources 493

About the Author 495

Credits 501

Index 503

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“Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche had a particular genius in presenting the Dharma to Western audiences. . . . These volumes display the far-reaching goodness that can be created in the world when compassion and devotion come together.”—H.H. the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

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