Great Path of Awakening : The Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Buddhist Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart

by KONGTRUL, JAMGON

• ISBN13: 9781570625879
• ISBN10: 1570625875
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781590302149
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Shambhala
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Summary

Written by the nineteenth-century Tibetan scholar Jamgon Kongtrul, this book provides clear and concise instructions for working with fifty-nine traditional Buddhist maxims or slogans. This practice-made popular in such books asStart Where You Areby Pema Chouml;drouml;n andTraining the Mindby Chouml;gyam Trungpa-is designed to awaken the heart and cultivate love and kindness toward oneself and others.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Translator's Introduction	xi
The Great Path of Awakening	1	(50)
The Source of the Transmission	3	(2)
The Need for Mind Training	5	(2)
The Actual Instructions	7	(42)
The Explanation of the Seven Points of Mind Training	7	(1)
The Preliminaries, Which Teach the Support for Dharma	7	(3)
The Actual Practice: Training in Bodhicitta	10	(6)
The Transformation of Adverse Conditions into the Path of Awakening	16	(7)
The Utilization of the Practice in One's Whole Life	23	(4)
The Extent of Proficiency in Mind Training	27	(1)
Commitments of Mind Training	28	(6)
Guidelines for Mind Training	34	(8)
Concluding Verses	42	(1)
Additional Instructions from the Transmission Lineage	43	(6)
Conclusion	49	(2)
NOTES	51	(24)
APPENDICES	75
The Seven Points of Mind Training (McLeod)	77	(4)
The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind (Nalanda Trnslation Committee)	81	(4)
Soothing the Pain of Faith: A Prayer to the Mind-Training Lineage	85	(4)
The Seven-Branch Prayer	89