The Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan BuddhismA 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. |
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
Chapter | 7 |
Conduct | 10 |
AN EXPLANATION OF | 19 |
APPROACHES TO TAKING REFUGE | 22 |
2 | 25 |
4 | 31 |
Chapter | 39 |
PRECEPTS AND BENEFITS OF TAKING REFUGE | 182 |
Chapter | 195 |
Meditation on compassion | 201 |
Meditation on sympathetic joy | 213 |
Classification according to the nature of bodhicitta | 219 |
Meditating and reciting on the teacher as Vajrasattva | 263 |
Chapter Four | 283 |
Chapter Five | 297 |
OTHER Examples of IMPERMANENCE | 45 |
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH | 53 |
Chapter Three | 61 |
2 | 68 |
2 | 75 |
3 | 85 |
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 |
105 | 165 |
Motivation | 176 |
The variegated feast for the guests above | 301 |
Chapter | 309 |
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 |
450 | |
Padmakara Translation Group 458 | |
Common terms and phrases
accumulated animals asked attain blessings bodhicitta Bodhisattva body Buddha Buddhafield Buddhahood Buddhist cause compassion death deities demons Dharma dharmakaya Dharmodgata disciples effect empowerment emptiness enlightenment everything evil faith feel five follow four freedoms and advantages Garab Dorje Geshe give gods happiness harm hells human hundred impermanence instructions Jetsun Mila Jigme Jigme Lingpa kalpa karmic killed king lamas liberation lineage lives Longchenpa lower realms mandala mantra Marpa master means meditation merit Milarepa mind monk Nāgārjuna Naropa negative actions negative emotions never Oddiyāna offerings once one's ordinary pa'i Padampa Sangye Padmasambhava past path Patrul Rinpoche perfection phases positive actions practice practise the Dharma pratyekabuddha precious pretas prostrations purify qualities realization rebirth reborn recite samayas samsara says siddha someone speech spiritual friend sublime suffering Sūtra taking refuge teacher teachings things thought Three Jewels Tibet Tibetan Tilopa vajra Vajrasattva Vajrayāna visualize vows wealth wisdom words