The Karmapa's Middle Way

by KARMAPA WANGCHUK DORJEDEWER, TYLER

• ISBN13: 9781559392891
• ISBN10: 1559392894
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Snow Lion

Summary

In this much-awaited translation of a key text of Tibetan Buddhism, the Ninth Karmapa presents in unique fashion the vital Buddhist concept of emptiness, contrasting his own view with other widely accepted presentations. His explanation stresses the direct experience of the reader and bolsters the Mahayana ethic of compassion. A highly readable translation accessible even to beginning students.

Table of Contents

An Aspiration by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa
A Statement by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa
A Verse on the Essence of the Middle Way
Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
Feast for the Fortunate: A Commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way That Easily Pulls Along the Chariot of the Takpo Kagyu Siddhas	p. 75
Preamble	p. 77
Lineages	p. 83
The Title and Translators Homage	p. 89
The Three Causes of Bodhisattvas	p. 93
Supreme Joy	p. 99
The Stainless	p. 121
The Luminous	p. 129
The Radiant	p. 139
Difficult to Overcome	p. 141
The Manifest	p. 143
Gone Far Beyond	p. 491
The Immovable	p. 495
Excellent Intelligence	p. 501
Cloud of Dharma	p. 503
Qualities of the Bodhisattva Grounds	p. 505
The Resultant Ground of Buddhahood	p. 511
Conclusion	p. 553
Excerpt from Lucid Words	p. 579
Atisha's Key Instructions of the Middle Way	p. 595
The Five Great Reasonings of the Middle Way	p. 599
How to Do Analytical Meditation on the Entrance to the Middle Way: A Brief Guide	p. 601
The Root Text of the Entrance to the Middle Way	p. 607
The Karmapa's Outline for Feast for the Fortunate	p. 663
Bibliography	p. 721
Notes	p. 727
Index	p. 771
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