Author: Jack Kornfield
Publisher: Shambhala
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 209
ISBN/UPC (if available): 1569571511
Description
This treasury draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha , passages from later Indian scriptures on the perfection of wisdom, verses from Tibetan masters , and songs in praise of meditation by Zen teachers are among the selections.
The book also includes traditional instruction on how to practice sitting meditation, cultivate calm awareness, and live with compassion. Jack Kornfield, one of the most respected American Buddhist teachers, has compiled these teachings to impart the essence and inspiration of Buddhism to readers of all spiritual traditions.
This revised and expanded edition of the Shambhala Pocket Classics version of the same title offers a broad array of teachings representing the full spectrum of the Buddhist tradition, including new selections on the role of women in early Buddhism.
Contents
Editor’s Preface
Wakefulness
Luminous Mind
The Sage
Dhammapada
Metta Sutta
Developing Loving-Kindness
Harmlessness
Virtue
Great Discourse on Blessings
Noble Friendship
The Awakened
Hatred never Dispels Hate
Sand Castles
No-Self
Body and Mind
The Empty World
Developing the Mind
Joy
Rain, O Sky!
House Builder
Parable of the Arrow
Dharma as Medicine
The Four Noble Truths
Sickness, Old Age, and Death
Crossing the Stream
Parable of the Mustard Seed
Three Characteristics
End of Clinging
Sutra on Totality
Fire Sermon
Master Your Senses
Nirvana
Master Yourself
The Refinement of Mind
Plowing
Serenity and Joy
Path of Mindfulness
Pith of the Matter
Radiant Presence
Bahiya
Sutra on Full Awareness of Breathing
The Heart
The Abandoning of Sorrow
Parable of the Lute
Inclination of Mind
Inner Peace
Abandoning all Hindrances
Soma and Mara
Songs of the Nuns
Look Within
The Sharpest Sword
Bamboo Acrobats
Blessing chant
Parable of the Raft
The Kalama’s Dilemma
Patience
Criticism and Praise
On Conflict and Concord
Admonishing Others
Conceit of Views
Right Speech
Value of Loving-Kindness
The Woman at the Well
Treasure
Commitment to Virtue
The Five Precepts
Tending the Sick
Wise Householders
Advice for Sustaining the Community
Knowing a better way of Live
Free from all Opinion
Do Not Grasp at Views
On knowing Karma
Judging Another
Self-Respect
A Lamp unto Yourself
Living in the World
Go Forth Over the Earth
Like milk and water
Sharing Blessings
The Dharma is Like the Ocean
Miracle of Awakening
All things Conditioned
The Eye of Wisdom
Heart Sutra
The Dharma of the heart
Mirage
Sariputra and the Goddess
Fleeting World
The Mind of the Ancient Buddhas
Verses on the Faith Mind
Practice of Meditation
Actualizing the Fundamental Point
The Natural Abiding
Enlightenment Has No Form
Song of Mahamudra
Development of Mahamudra
Tibetan Book of The Great Liberation
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Finding the Way
Not Mixing Up Buddhism
The Bodhisattva
Bodhicitta
Diamond Sutra
Perfection of Giving
Sutra of Hui-Neng
Hyakujo and the Fox
Between Birth and Death
Birth and Death Are Nirvana
Teachings of Huang Po
Mind is Buddha
Ordinary Mind is the Way
Parable of the Hidden Jewel
Song of Zazen
Sources
Acknowledgments
About the Editors