Author: Patrul Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse/
Foreword/Introductio: The Dalai Lama
Publisher: Shechen Publications
Year: 2004
Language: multilingual
Pages: 260
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174720332
Description
In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time, they provide practical guidance in following the Buddhist path, starting from the most basic motivation and culminating in the direct experience of reality bey9nhd the reach of conceptual mind.
The root text is a masterful teaching in verse written in the nineteenth century by Patrul Rinpoche, one of the outstanding teachers of his day. In the accompanying commentary, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991)-lineage holder of the Nyingma tradition, and one of the great expounders of the Dharma of our times-expands upon the text with his characteristic compassion and uncompromising thoroughness. Patrul Rinpoche’s fresh and piercing verses combined with Khyentse Rinpoche’s down-to-earth comments make a concise whole that is unusually complete in its scope.
Contents
Foreword by the Dalai Lame
Translators’ Preface
Translators’ Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
The Right Motivation for Receiving and Studying
the Teachings
How to Study These Teachings
What These Teachings Contain
OPENING VERSES
The Homage
The Author’s Motive in Writing This Text
PART ONE. THE SHORCOMINGS OF OUR DECADENT AGE
PART TWO. THE VIEW, MEDITATION, AND ACTION
OF THE MAHAYANA
The Three Paths
THE PATH OF THE SUTRAS
Taking Refuge
The Thought of Enlightenment
Purification
Offering
Guru Yoga
THE PATHE OF THE TANTRAS
Empowerment
Pure perception
The development Stage
Vajra Body
Vajra Speech
Vajra Mind
Postmeditation
The Completion Stage
The Nature of Mind
The Four Yogas
One-Pointedness
Simplicity
One Taste
Nonmeditation
Transformation of the Senses, Emotions, and Aggregates
The Six Sense Objects
Forms
Sounds
Smells
Flavors
Sensation
Mind
The Five Emotions
Hatred
Pride
Desire
Jealousy
Ignorance
The Five Aggregates
Form
Feeling
Appraisal
Impulse
Consciousness
The Four Essential Points Related to Body, Speech, Mind,
and Dharmakaya
Body
Speech
Mind
Dharmakaya
Conclusion of the Second Discourse
PART THREE. DETERMINATION TO BE FREE FROM
SAMSARA
Leaving Samsaric Activity Behind
Actions
Speaking
Moving Around
Eating
Thinking
Possessions
Sleeping
The Urgent Need to Practice
Mastering the Mind
CONCLUDING VERSES
DEDICATION OF MERIT
EPILOGUE
The Root Text in Tibetan and English
Notes
Bibliography
About Patrul Rinpoche
About H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Index