This unique collection features short inspirational selections and pithy quotations from the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism, past and present, including Milarepa, the Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrul Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa, and others. Topics include cultivating compassion, letting go of ego, and developing a clear perception of our own true nature.
Tibetan Buddhism Reader, By: Reginald Ray, ed., Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 2004/2010, 171 pp., $14.95
Reginald A. Ray is Professor of Buddhist Studies
at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and a member of the graduate
faculty of the Religious Studies Department at the University of
Colorado. An acharya (senior teacher) in the lineage of Chogyam
Trungpa, he is also Teacher in Residence at Shambhala Mountain Center
in Colorado. He has written extensively on the history, philosophy, and
practice of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
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Contents: The Tibetan Buddhism Reader |
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Acknowledgments |
vii |
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Introduction |
x |
1. |
FOUNDATIONS |
1 |
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Reflections on the Tradition |
1 |
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The Ground of Our Lives: Suffering,
Impermanence, and Karma |
3 |
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Our Unique Opportunity |
11 |
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Samsaric Games |
15 |
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Renunciation |
21 |
2. |
THE PATH |
30 |
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The Nature of the Spiritual Path |
30 |
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Conduct |
38 |
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Refuge in the Three Jewels of the Buddha,
Dharma, and Sangha |
43 |
3. |
MEDITATION |
49 |
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Preliminaries |
49 |
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The Buddha's Way |
51 |
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The Process of Meditation |
57 |
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Mindfulness and Awareness |
65 |
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Obstacles |
74 |
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Going Deeper |
80 |
4. |
COMPASSION |
86 |
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The Importance of Compassion |
86 |
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Faces of Compassion |
91 |
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The Bodhisattva's Way |
100 |
5. |
EMPTINESS |
106 |
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Descriptions and Evocations |
106 |
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Training and Emptiness |
115 |
6. |
MIND OF THE BUDDHAS |
120 |
7. |
REALIZATION |
131 |
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Glossary |
143 |
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Sources |
151 |
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Contributors |
165 |
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