The Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan BuddhismBloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1998 - 457 pages A favorite of Tibetans and recommended by the Dalai Lama and other senior Buddhist teachers, this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. |
Table des matières
PROLOGUE | 3 |
Conduct | 10 |
AN EXPLANATION OF | 19 |
Reflecting on images that show how difficult it is to find | 33 |
Chapter | 39 |
OTHER EXAMPLES OF IMPERMANENCE | 45 |
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH | 53 |
Chapter Three | 61 |
Meditation on compassion | 201 |
Meditation on sympathetic joy | 213 |
Classification according to the nature of bodhicitta | 219 |
HOW OBSCURATIONS CAN BE PURIFIED THROUGH | 263 |
Chapter Four | 283 |
Chapter Five | 297 |
The variegated feast for the guests above | 301 |
Chapter | 309 |
The pretas | 72 |
The human realm | 78 |
The asuras | 92 |
Chapter Four | 101 |
The effects of the ten negative actions | 112 |
THE ALLDETERMINING QUALITY OF ACTIONS | 118 |
Chapter Five | 133 |
FOLLOWING THE TEACHER | 143 |
EMULATING THE TEACHERS REALIZATION | 149 |
THE EXTRAORDINARY OR INTERNAL | 169 |
Motivation | 176 |
PRECEPTS AND BENEFITS OF TAKING REFUGE | 182 |
Chapter | 195 |
Offering the seven branches | 317 |
Praying with resolute trust | 328 |
PROPAGATION OF THE ESSENCETEACHING IN TIBET | 341 |
Chapter | 351 |
Training for transference | 357 |
CONCLUSION | 367 |
Postface by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye | 376 |
Glossary | 403 |
Bibliography | 443 |
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Padmakara Translation Group 458 | |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accumulation arousing bodhicitta asked Atīśa attain Avalokiteśvara blessings bodhicitta Bodhisattva body Buddha Buddhafield Buddhahood Buddhist compassion dākinīs death deities demons Dharma dharmakāya disciples Dorje empowerment emptiness enlightenment everything evil faith feel five flesh four Garab Dorje Geshe gods Guru Yoga happiness harm heart hells hundred impermanence Jetsun Mila Jigme Jigme Lingpa Jowo kalpa kāyas Khyentse killed king lamas liberation lineage lives Longchenpa lower realms mandala mantra Marpa master means meditation merit mind monks mother Nāgārjuna Nāropa nature negative actions never obscurations Oddiyāna offerings one's ordinary pa'i Padampa Padampa Sangye Padmasambhava path Patrul Rinpoche perfection phases positive actions practice practise the Dharma pratyekabuddha prayer precious pretas prostrations protectors purify realization rebirth reborn recite Śākyamuni samayas samsāra Sangha says Secret Mantrayāna someone spiritual friend suffering Sūtra taking refuge teacher teachings thought Three Jewels Tibet Tibetan Tilopa tīrthikas transcendent vajra Vajrasattva Vajrayāna visualize vows wisdom words