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| *{{i|How to meditate on the four boundless attitudes|242}} | | *{{i|How to meditate on the four boundless attitudes|242}} |
| *{{i|The benefits of this meditation|242}} | | *{{i|The benefits of this meditation|242}} |
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| *{{i|CHAPTER 8 The Vow of Bodhichitta|247}}
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| *{{i|What is bodhichitta?|247}}
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| *{{i|Classifications of bodhichitta|249}}
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| **{{i|''Bodhichitta in aspiration and action''|249}}
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| **{{i|''Other classifications of bodhichitta''|249}}
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| **{{i|''Bodhichitta classified according to twenty-two similes''|250}}
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| **{{i|''Bodhichitta classified according to its benefits''|251}}
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| **{{i|''Bodhichitta classified according to the speed of progression''|253}}
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| *{{i|How to cultivate bodhichitta|253}}
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| **{{i|''The causes of bodhichitta''|254}}
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| **{{i|''Who can generate bodhichitta?''|254}}
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| **{{i|''The ritual for taking the vow of bodhichitta''|255}}
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| ***{{i|Inculcating the correct attitude|255}}
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| ***{{i|Accumulating merit|256}}
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| ****{{i|''Preparing the place''|256}}
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| ****{{i|Inviting the field of merit''|256}}
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| ****{{i|''Offering cleansing waters and clothes''|257}}
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| ****{{i|''Requesting to be seated''|260}}
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| ****{{i|''Expressions of respect''|260}}
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| ****{{i|''The prayer of seven branches''|261}}
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| ****{{i|''Offering oneself in service''|264}}
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| ****{{i|''Conclusion''|265}}
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| ***{{i|The ritual of the bodhisattva vow|266}}
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| ***{{i|The conclusion of the ritual: the uplifting of one's own and others' minds|269}}
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| CHAPTER 9 The Precepts of Bodhichitta in Aspiration
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| and Action 271
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| The Bodhisattva commitment 271
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| The precepts concerning what is to be avoided 27~
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| Repairingfaults 274
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| The precepts to be implemented 275
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| The four precepts oj aspiration bodhichitta 275
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| The first precept: taking suffering and giving happiness 275
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| The second precept: the seven-point causal sequence giving birth to the attitude
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| of bodhichitta 276
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| The third precept: the four black and four white factors 278
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| The fourth precept: the four attitudes that strengthen bodhichitta 279
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| The precepts oj bodhichitta in action 280
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| A brief explanation of the paramitas 280
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| A categorization of Bodhisattvas according to their strength of mind 280
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| The Paramita of Generosity 281
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| The gift of material things 281
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| The gift of protection from fear 282
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| The gift of Dharma 283
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| The Paramita of Discipline 284
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| The diScipline of avoiding negative actions 284
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| The difference between the vows of the Hinayana and Mahayana 284
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| Avoiding negativity according to the Mahayana 286
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| The levels of ordination 287
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| Tht Prtctpts of Layptoplt 287
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| Tht Monastic Prtctpts 288
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| The precepts of shramaneras 288
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| The precepts of a woman novice in training for full ordination 290
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| The precepts of full monastic ordination 290
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| Tht prtctpts conctrning what is to bt avoidtd 290
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| Tht prtctpts conctrning what is to bt dont 291
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| How the three kinds of vow may be observed simultaneously 293
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| Tht obstrvanct of tht thru vows as taught in tht Nyingma tradition 296
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| I. The aspects remain distinct 297
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| 2. The three vows are the same both in purpose and as antidote 297
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| 3. The transmutation of the vows 299
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| 4. The gradual qualitative enhancement of the three vows 305
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| 5. The absence of contradiction in the practice of the three vows 306
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| 6. Observance should be appropriate to the moment 306
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| Tht thrtt vows as prtstnttd in othtr traditions 308
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| Concluding summary 312
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| The diScipline of gathering virtue 316
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| The discipline of bentjiting others 318
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| The Paramita of Patience 319
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| The Paramita of Diligence 322
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| The three kinds of laziness 322
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| The three kinds of diligence 32 3
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| The Paramita of Concentration 324
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| The prerequisites for concentration 324
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| In praise of forest dwellings 324
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| Giving up attachment to wealth 324
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| Giving up attachment to bad company 325
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| Giving up attachment to objects of the senses 326
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| In praise of solitude 327
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| Concentration itself 328
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| The essence of concentration 328
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| The categories of concentration 329
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| Childish concentration 329
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| Clearly disc"ning concentration 332
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| The excellent concentration of the Tathagatas 332
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| The qualities resulting from concentration 333
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| The Paramita of Wisdom 335
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| The categories of wisdom 335
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| The wisdom resultingjrom hearing the teachings 335
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| The keys that open the treasure chest of Dharma 336
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| The drjrnitivt and expedient teachings 336
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| The implied teachings and indirect teachings 337
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| Implied teachings 337
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| Indirect teachings 338
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| The difference between implied and indirect teachings 342
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| An explanation of the treasury of Dharma 342
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| A general exposition of the two truths 342
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| The fou r tentl systems 345
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| The Vaibhashikas 345
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| The Sautrantikas 345
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| The Chittamatrins, the Mind Only school 346
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| The Svatantrika Madhyamikas 346
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| The Prasangika Madhyamikas 347
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| Conclusion 349
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| The wisdom resultingjrom reflection 351
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| Dependent arising with regard to the ground nature 351
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| The dependent arising of samsara 353
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| The dependent arising of nirvana 354
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| The wisdom resultingjrom meditation 355
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| Wisdom itself 355
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| Progress on the paths and the attainment of the result 356
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| A concluding summary of the six paramitas 357
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| APPENDIX I Impermanence demonstrated by the formation and
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| destruction of the universe according to Buddhist cosmology 359
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| The gradual formation of the universe 359
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| The gradual formation of animate beings 360
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| The duration of the universe 362
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| The destruction of beings 363
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| The destruction of the universe 364
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| The period of voidness 364
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| The four periods reflected in the existence of an individual being 365
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| The ceaseless continuity of the process of formation and destruction 366
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| APPENDIX 2 The bardo 369
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| The four bardos 369
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| The six uncertainties of the bardo of becoming 369
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| How to benefit the consciousness of beings in the bardo 371
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| APPENDIX 3 The four truths 373
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| Essential definitions and aspects of the four truths 373
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| The meaning of the term "four truths" 374
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| A sequential exposition of the four truths 374
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| APPENDIX 4 The five aggregates 377
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| APPENDIX 5 A Buddha's qualities of realization 387
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| APPENDIX 6 The five paths and the thirty-seven elements leading to
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| enlightenment 391
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| APPENDIX 7 The two truths 397
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| The two truths according to the Madhyamika view 397
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| The specificity of the two truths 398
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| Their literal, etymological meaning 398
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| Their necessarily binary character 399
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| The kinds of cognition that validly ascertain the two truths 400
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| Divisions and categories of the two truths 400
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| The necessity and benefits of establishing the two truths 410
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| APPENDIX 8 The Madhyamika school 413
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| The Svatantrika Madhyamikas 413
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| The Prasangika Madhyamikas 417
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| Establishing the ground Madhyamika 417
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| IJentifying the object oj rifutation: the two selves 421
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| The difference between the "self" and "apprehension of
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| Ana9'sis through the application oj reason 422
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| The four arguments 424
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| An investigation of causes: the Diamond Splinters argument 425
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| An investigation of results: no effects, whether existent or nonexistent, can be
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| An investigation of the causal process itself: a refutation of origination related
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| An investigation into the nature of phenomena: the Great Interdependence
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| argument and the argument of "Neither One nor Many" 427
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| Wiry the Madlryamika dialectic is superior to all other tenet systems 428
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| APPENDIX 9 The twenty-one qualities of Dharmakaya wisdom 431
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| APPENDIX 10 The three doors of perfect liberation 437
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| Notes 439
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| Glossary 491
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| Bibliography 531
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| Index 537
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