Light Comes Through

by KONGTRUL, DZIGAR

• ISBN13: 9781590305676
• ISBN10: 1590305671
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-08
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

We all just want to be happy, right? This book reveals that the true secret to attaining happiness has everything to do with shifting our focus from ourselves to others. According to Dzigar Kongtrul, author of It's Up to You, when our natural intelligence and innate compassion are sparked by Buddhist meditation and contemplation, we discover insights into what true happiness means--and how to achieve it. The longing for happiness expresses the great natural potential of the heart and mind, and turns us toward our innately positive attitude. Kongtrul shows that when we include others in our wish for happiness, we move toward joy and contentment based on selflessness and the concern for others' well-being.

Author Biography

Dzigar Kongtrnl was born in Northern India, the son of the highly respected Buddhist lama Neten Choling Rinpoche. After being recognized as a reincarnation of the nonsectarian master Jamg÷n Kongtrnl Lodro Thaye, he received extensive traditional training in all aspects of Tibetan Buddhist doctrine. In 1990, he began a five-year tenure as a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He also founded Mangala Shri Bhuti, his own teaching organization, during this period. He has established a mountain retreat center, Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, in southern Colorado. When not guiding students in long-term retreats and not in retreat himself, Rinpoche travels widely throughout the world teaching and furthering his own education.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The Five Self-Centered Emotions
Self-Clinging: The Juice of Self-Centered Emotions	p. 3
Guilty as Charged!: A Case against Jealousy	p. 9
The Other Side of the Fence: A Case against Aggression	p. 17
Invisible Strings: A Case against Attachment	p. 29
Entering the Circle of Dogs: A Case against Arrogance	p. 39
Connecting Seed and Fruit: A Case against Stupidity	p. 47
Working with Others
The Lenchak Dynamic: Not a Healthy Kind of Love	p. 55
Part of the Equation: No Room for Indifference	p. 65
Putting Others in the Center: The Fundamental Principle	p. 69
Faith: Opening the Shutters	p. 75
Working with a Teacher: Not a One-hand Clap	p. 81
Devotion and Lineage: From the Womb of the Mother	p. 89
Teachings on Emptiness
Mere Appearance: Thinking like an Elephant	p. 97
The Haunted Dominion of the Mind: Shaken from Within	p. 103
The "Unfindability" of Phenomena: Disassembling Delusion	p. 113
Light Comes Through: Potential and Entirety	p. 119
Recommended Reading	p. 123
Mangala Shri Bhuti Centers	p. 125
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