The Great Medicine

The Great Medicine

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Author: Shechen Gyaltsap Pema Namgyal
Publisher: Shechen Publications
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 141
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174721312

Description

I will speak a little about how to destroy one’s clinging to the notion of reality with the great medicine, bodhichitta, the essence of the Mahayana path, the road traveled by all the buddhas and bodhisattvas. Keep this in mind when in dire straits upon the vast plain of clinging to life’s appearances.

So begins The Great Medicine – A Remedy that Conquers clinging to Reality, a moving text written in verse by Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal. Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche’s commentary explores the foundation of awakened mind, the inner workings of loving kindness and compassion, the view of emptiness, and the practical applications of this understanding on the path. Rinpoche’s teaching style is refreshing and direct, using examples from his own experience and anecdotes about his teachers and the lineage to illustrate the importance of mingling the Buddhist teaching into one’s own life.

We need to gain real experience with these valuable instructions and integrate them into our lives. Doing so is the only reason to study them. The result of spiritual practice should be our inner transformation into a better human being. After years of practice we should gain a sense of inner peace and become less vulnerable to outer circumstances. Inner freedom, relaxed and open happiness, as well as joy will arise when negative emotions and mental confusions disappear. In contract, we will have missed the point of the practice of our mental poisons remain all-powerful, torment us constantly, and cause us to remain preoccupied with ourselves.

Contents

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE VIRTUOUS BEGINNING
An Introduction to the Text

VIRTUOUS IN THE MIDDLE - The Main Teaching
The Identification of the Awakened Mind
Preliminaries and Refuge
Developing the Awakended Mind
How to Overcome Obstacles
The Sublime Exchange of Happiness and Suffering
The root of Suffering
Stages of Training in the Ultimate Awakened Mind
The Great Perfection
Deviations form the View
Post Meditation - The Six Transcendent Perfections

VIRTUOUS AT THE CONCLUSION
Dedication of Merit

ROOT TEXT

ENDNOTES

GLOSSARY