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Luminous Mind The Way of the Buddha Kalu Rinpoche Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Luminous Mind Luminous Mind The Wcry of the Buddha Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche An Anthology of Teachings Compiled Under the Direction of Lama Denis Tondrup Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Translated from the French by Maria Montenegro ! • Wisdom Publications • Boston WISDOM PUBUCATIONS 199 Elm Street Somerville, MassachusettS 02144 Original French version: La Voie du Boudhha: selon Ia tradition tibltaine © &litions du Seuil 1993 © Wisdom Publications 1997 All rights reserved. No pan of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or technolo gies now known or later developed, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library ofC ongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Karma-ran-byun-khyab-phrin-las, Khenpo Kalu. [Voie du Bouddha. French] Luminous mind : the way of the Buddha I Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche ; compiled by Denis Tondrup; translated from the French by Maria Montenegro; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. p. em. Includes index. ISBN 0-86171-118-1 (alk. paper) 1. Spiritual life-Buddhism. 2. Buddhism-China-Tibet-Doctrines. I. T ondrup, Denis II. Title. BQ 7805.K378141996 96-24689 294.3'4-<ic20 ISBN 0-86171-118-1 11 10 09 08 07 9 8 7 6 5 Cover Art: Eleven-Faced, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara; 15th c.; Western Tibet; gouache on cotton; Robett Hatfield Ellsworth Private Collection. Cover Photo: Couttesy of John Bigelow Taylor All photographs of Kalu Rinpoche counesy of Sanje Elliott Designed by: LJ-SAWLir" Wisdom Publications' books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for the permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America ft- This book was produced with environmental mindfulness. We have elected to print this title \I o~ so% PCW recycled paper. As a result, we have saved the following resources: 23 trees, 16 million BTUs of energy, 2.060 lbs. of greenhouse gases, 8,549 gallons of water, and 1,098lbs. of solid waste. For more information, please visit our web site, www.wisdompubs.org. Contents Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama xiii Biographical Note XV The Quick Ripening oft he Desired Fruit XIX Preface xxi Editor's Note xxiii Acknowledgments XXV GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE UNITY OF THE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS 1 The Spirit of All Traditions 3 Understanding Our Actual Nature 3 2 The Basic Unity of All Traditions 5 Realization of Mind as the Origin of All Traditions 5 The Complementarity of Different Traditions 6 3 Buddhadharma 7 The Inner Science 7 The Transmission of Speech and Mind 8 PART ONE: MIND AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS Calling the Lama .from Afar 12 SECfiONONE: MIND, REALITY, AND IllUSION 1 What Is Mind? 15 The Fundamental Paradox 15 In Search of Mind 16 2 One Mind, Two States 19 Enlightenment and Illusion 19 3 The Nature of Mind 21 Openness 21 Clarity 22 v LUMINOUS MIND Sensitivity 23 A Brief Meditation 24 4 Mind's Veils 27 The Veil of Ignorance 27 The Veil of the Basic Propensity 28 The Veil of the Passions 28 The Veil of Karma 29 Dharma: A Practice of Unveiling 29 5 The Game of Illusion 31 Karma 31 Samsara 31 Karma and Freedom 32 6 The Six Realms 37 The Hell Realm 37 The Hungry Ghost Realm 37 The Animal Realm 38 The Human Realm 38 The Jealous God Realm 38 The Divine Realm 39 7 TwoTruths 41 The Two Truths 41 Karma, Interdependence, and Emptiness 43 SECTION TWO: THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF MIND: LIVES, DEATHS, REBIRTHS 1 Mind after Death 47 One Life or Many Lives? 47 Death and the Continuity of Mind 48 2 Birth and Death: Continuity of Illusion 49 Who Dies? Who Is Born? 49 The Five Aggregates of Individuality 50 3 From Life to Life: Transitions and the Bardo 53 Bardo 53 The Four Great Bardos 54 4 The Bardo of the Moment of Death 55 Outer Dissolution 55 Inner Dissolution 57 5 The Bardo of Emptiness 59 Lights and Deities 59 VI CONTENTS 6 The Bardo of Becoming 61 The Body and the Mental World 61 The Moment of Rebirth 64 7 The Bardo of Birth to Death 6S Gestation 6S During Life 66 8 The Eight Consciousnesses and the Five Principal Elements 67 Alteration of the Elements in the Mind and Bardos 67 9 The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination 71 10 Practices at the Moment of Death 7S Liberating Practices in the Different Bardos 7S Wishes to Be Reborn in a Pure Land 77 11 Human Life and Its Problems 81 The Three Kinds of Suffering 81 The Main Kinds of Human Suffering 82 12 Human Life: Using It Well 8S 13 On the Urgency of Practice 87 PART TWO: THE PATH OF LIBERATION Beseeching the Lama to Shower Blessings 90 SECfiONONE: A GENERAL OVERVIEW: THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF DHARMA 1 The ThreeTu rnings of the Teaching 93 The Turnings and the Yanas 94 The Characteristics of Each Vehicle 9S 2 The Three Vehicles: Complementarity and Unity 97 Three Methods 97 Complementarity and Progression 98 SEcnoNTwo: THE HINAYANA: PATH OF DISCIPLINE 1 The Path of Discipline 103 The Discipline ofVows and Meditation 103 2 Refuge and the Three Jewels lOS Faith lOS Buddha 106 VII LUMINOUS MIND Dharma 106 Sangha 106 Taking Refuge 106 3 Karma and Outer Discipline 109 Negative Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind 109 Positive Karma of Body, Speech, and Mind 115 4 The Components and Results of Actions 117 Qualitative and Quantitative Differences 117 The Components and Results 119 5 The Karma of Meditation 121 SEcriON THREE: THE MAHAYANA: PATH OF OPENING AND COMPASSION Introduction: From Hinayana to Mahayana 125 1 Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow 127 The Different Aspects of Bodhicitta 127 The Bodhisattva Vow 128 2 Compassion 131 Three Levels of Compassion 131 Tonglen 132 Universal Love 133 The Eight Aspirations of a Great Being 135 3 Emptiness, Heart of Compassion 137 From Compassion to Emptiness 137 Emptiness: Twofold Selflessness 137 From Emptiness to Compassion 138 4 The Two Accumulations 141 The Accumulation of Merit 141 The Accumulation of Wisdom 141 5 The Six Perfections 143 Generosity 143 Discipline 145 Patience 145 Effort 145 Meditation 146 Transcendent Wisdom 146 6 Samatha-Vipa§yana 151 Meditation 151 Analytical and Contemplative Meditation 151 ~ VIII

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Luminous Mind is a remarkable compilation of the oral and written teachings of the late Kalu Rinpoche, who was called "a beacon of inspiration" by the Dalai Lama. A master of meditation and leader of the Shangpu Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, Kalu Rinpoche taught with an inviting, playful, and lu
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