The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End

282 Pages·1993·12.536 MB·English

by  Patrul Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Padmakara Translation Group, The Dalai Lama

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THE HEART TREASURE
OF THE
ENLIGHTENED ONES
The Practice of
Vitw) Meditation) and Action
A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning)
Middle) and End
by Patrul Rinpoche
With commentary by Dilgo Khyentse
Translated from the Tibetan by
The Padmak.ara Translation Group
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SHAMBHALA
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1992 1111
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
0-rgyan-'jigs-med-chos-kyi-dban-po. Dpal-sprul, b. r8o8.
[Thog mtha ' bar gsum du dge ba'i gtam. English J
The heart treasure of the enlightened ones / Patrul Rinpoche;
with commentary by Dilgo Khyentse.-Ist ed.
p. em.
Translation of: Thog mtha' bar gsum du dge ba' i gram.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN o-87773-493-3 (pbk.)
I. Buddhism-Doctrines-Introductions.
I. Rab-gsal-zla-ba. Dis-mgo Mkhen-brtse. 191o- II. Title.
BQ4I38.T55D6513 1992 91-52593
294·3' 42-<lczo CIP
Foreword
I am happy to know that this translation of a profound oral
explanation by Kyabje Khyentse Dorje Chang of Za Pal-trul
Rinpoche' s Tbog mtba bar gsum du dge ba'i gtam is being published
under the title: The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones. Kyabje
Khyentse Dorje Chang is the head of the school of Ancient
Transmission.
Za Pal-trul Rinpoche, Jigme Chokyi Wangpo, was a great
Bodhisattva who came to the Land of Snows in more recent
times. This great, sublime, and learned practitioner gave this
teaching, known as the Instruction That Is Good in the Begin
ning, Middle, and End-the Heart Jewel of the Sacred Practice
of the View, Meditation, and Conduct, for the benefit of those
desiring liberation. It comprises all the essential instructions
and, because of the profound meaning it contains and the
beautiful language in which it is expressed, it really is like an
elixir for reviving the dead.
I hope and pray that through the publication of this teaching
and its explanation, people from both East and West will be
able to find mental peace in the unsurpassable happiness of love
and compassion.
THE DALAI LAMA
February 8, 1991

Contents
Foreword by the Dalai Lama v
Translators' Priface xi
Translators' Acknowledgments xv
INTRODUCTION
The Right Motivation for Receiving and Studying
the Teachings
How to Study These Teachings 6
What These Teachings Contain 6
OPENING VERSES II
The Homage II
The Author's Motive in Writing This Text 14
PART ONE. THE SHORTCOMINGS OF OuR DECADENT AGE 19
PART Two. THE VIEW, MEDITATION, AND AcTioN
OF THE MAHAYANA 55
The Three Paths 56
THE PATH OF THE ~UTRAS 57
Taking Refuge 57
The Thought of Enlightenment 64
Purification 68
Offering 71
Guru Yoga 75
THE PATH OF THE TANTRAS 79
Empowerment 79
Pure Perception 82
The Development Stage 84
Vajra Body 85
V ajra Speech 88
Vajra Mind 91
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Contents
Postmeditation 94
The Completion Stage 103
The Nature of Mind 103
The Four Y ogas 106
One-Pointedness 107
Simplicity no
One Taste ll3
Nonmeditation ll4
Transformation of the Senses, Emotions, and Aggregates n6
The Six Sense Objects ll7
Fonns ll7
Sounds ll9
Smells I2I
Flavors I21
Sensations I22
Mind I23
The Five Emotions I25
Hatred I25
Pri~ I27
Desire 128
Jealousy I30
Ignorance I 3I
The Five Aggregates IH
Fonn I33
Feeling IH
Appraisal I 35
Impulse I38
Conscicusness I39
The Four Essential Points Related to Body, Speech, Mind,
and Dharmakaya I40
Body I40
Speech 14I
Mind 142
Dharmakaya I43
Conclusion of the Second Discourse 144
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