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—Venerable Sangye Khadro, author of How to Meditate
In this new book from the Dalai Lama, the reader will discover the mind’s infinitely vast potential, its buddha nature. Knowledge of buddha nature reveals and reconciles the paradox of how the mind can be the basis for both the duhkha of samsara (the unpurified mind) and the bliss and fulfillment of nirvana (the purified mind). To illustrate this, Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature first takes readers through Buddhist thought on the self, the four truths, and their sixteen attributes. It then explains afflictions—including how they arise and their antidotes—followed by an examination of karma and cyclic existence, and, finally, a deep and thorough elucidation of buddha nature. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities.
This is the third volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. Volume 1, Approaching the Buddhist Path, contains introductory material that sets the context for Buddhist practice. Volume 2, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, describes the important teachings that help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature can be read as the logical next step in this series or enjoyed on its own.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781614295365 |
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Publisher: | Wisdom Publications MA |
Publication date: | 01/22/2019 |
Series: | The Library of Wisdom and Compassion , #3 |
Pages: | 440 |
Sales rank: | 256,121 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.40(d) |
About the Author
Thubten Chodron has been a Buddhist nun since 1977. A graduate of UCLA, she is the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Washington State. She is a popular speaker and author of numerous books, including Buddhism for Beginners.
Table of Contents
Preface Bhiksum Thubten Chodron xiii
Abbreviations xxi
Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1
1 The Self, the Four Truths, and Their Sixteen Attributes 5
Three Questions about the Self 5
The Four Truths 10
The Coarse and Subtle Four Truths 18
The Sixteen Attributes of the Four Truths of Aryas 19
2 Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Truth of Duhkha 39
Knowing Duhkha for What It Is 39
Realms of Existence 41
Three Types of Duhkha 47
Feelings, Afflictions, and Duhkha 50
Six Disadvantages of Cyclic Existence 51
Eight Unsatisfactory Conditions 53
Examining True Duhkha via Ten Points 54
Our Human Value 57
3 True Origins of Duhkha 63
The Six Root Afflictions 64
More Types of Defilements 87
Afflictions 88
Underlying Tendencies 88
Auxiliary Afflictions 92
Fetters 97
Pollutants 98
Hindrances 99
4 Afflictions, Their Arising, and Their Antidotes 101
Eighty-Four Thousand Afflictions 101
The Order in Which Afflictions Arise 104
Factors Causing Afflictions to Arise 106
Feelings That Accompany Afflictions 109
The Ethical Dimension of Afflictions 110
Counterforces to the Afflictions 112
Afflictions, Our Real Enemy 119
5 Afflictions and Karma, Their Seeds and Latencies 123
Acquired and Innate Afflictions 124
Coarse and Subtle Afflictions 126
Seeds, Latencies, and Having-Ceased 126
Latencies and Ideas in Other Religions and in Psychology 135
Virtue, Nonvirtue, Merit, and Roots of Virtue 137
6 Karma, the Universe, and Evolution 141
The Origin of the Universe 141
Mind and the External World 144
The Laws of Nature and the Law of Karma and Its Effects 148
Karma and Our Present Environment 150
Karma, Instinctual Behavior, and Our Bodies 152
7 Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination 155
Dependent Arising 156
How Cyclic Existence Occurs 158
1 Ignorance (avidya) 159
2 Formative Action (samskara karman) 165
3 Consciousness (vijnana) 168
4 Name and Form (nama-rupa) 170
5 Six Sources (sadayatana) 172
6 Contact (sparsa) 176
7 Feeling (vedana) 176
8 Craving (trsna) 179
9 Clinging (upadana) 182
10 Renewed Existence (bhava) 185
11 Birth (jati) 188
12 Aging or Death (jaramarana) 190
8 Dependent Origination: Cycling in Samsara 193
How the Twelve Links Produce a Life 193
An Example 197
Flexibility 200
Pali Tradition: How We Cycle 200
An Example from a Pali Sutra 202
Who Revolves in Cyclic Existence? 204
The Ultimate Nature of the Twelve Links 211
9 The Determination to be Free 217
The Benefits of Meditating on the Twelve Links 217
Invigorating a Dry Dharma Practice 219
Can a Leper Find Happiness? 222
Compassion for Ourselves and Others 225
The Demarcation of Generating the Determination to Be Free 227
10 Seeking Genuine Peace 231
The "Ye Dharma" Dharani 232
Forward and Reverse Orders of the Afflictive and Purified Sides of the Twelve Links 234
Transcendental Dependent Origination (Pali Tradition) 238
Karma in Samsara and Beyond 249
11 Freedom from Cyclic Existence 253
Stages Leading to Liberation and Full Awakening 254
The Two Obscurations 259
Nirvana 262
Pali Tradition: Nirvana 266
Bodhi 274
12 The Mind and its Potential 277
The Mind's Potential 277
Is Liberation Possible? 279
Excellent Qualities Can Be Cultivated Limitlessly 281
Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind 283
The Equality of Samsara and Nirvana 284
Levels of Mind 286
13 Buddha Nature 291
The Mind's Potential according to the Pali Tradition 291
Arya Disposition according to the Vaibhasikas and Sautrantikas 292
Buddha Nature according to the Cittamatra School 293
Buddha Nature according to the Madhyamaka School 296
Buddha Nature according to Tantra 301
Nine Similes for Tathagatagarbha 302
Three Aspects of the Tathagatagarbha 310
Three Aspects of Buddha Disposition 314
A Puzzle 315
14 Going Deeper into Buddha Nature 319
The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel and Buddha Nature 319
A Link between Sutra and Tantra 322
Nothing Is to Be Removed 325
The Capacity Giving Rise to the Three Kayas 327
A Buddha's Nature Dharmakaya 328
Pristine Wisdom Abiding in the Afflictions 330
Causal Clear Light Mind 331
What Continues to Awakening? 332
Dzogchen and Mahamudra 334
Are We Already Buddhas? 337
Awareness of Our Buddha Nature Eliminates Hindrances 341
Notes 343
Glossary 353
Further Reading 367
Index 371
About the Authors 409