The Path to Awakening: A Commentary on Ja Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's - Seven Points of Mind Training PDF
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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I The Path to Awakening THE PATH TO AWAKENING A Commentary onJA CHEKAWA YESHE DORJE's Seven Points of Mind Training SHAMAR RINPOCHE Edited and Translated by LARA BRAITSTEIN MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED·• DELHI Fint Edition: Delhi, 2009 C LARA BRAITSfEIN All Rights Reserved ISBN: 978-81-208-3440-8 MOTILAL BANARSIDASS 41 U.A. Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110 007 8 Mahalaxmi Chamber, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026 203 Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004 236, 9th Main III Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 011 Sanas Plaza, 1302 Baji Rao Road, Pune 411 002 8 Camac Street, Kolkata 700 017 Ashok Rajpath, Patna 800 004 Chowk, Varanasi 221 001 Cooer photo : jJGME RINPOCHE Used Courtesy of Kannapa Documentary Project Printed in India By Jainendra Prakash Jain at Shri Jainendra Press, A-45 Naraina, Phase-1, New Delhi 110 028 and published by Narendra Prakash Jain for Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Umited, Bungalow Road, Delhi 110 007 CoNTENTs List of Illustrations vii Translator's Introduction ix A Note on Transliteration xi THE BUDDHAS TEACHINGS: AN INTRODUCTION 1 RooTTEXT 5 HoMAGE To THE GREAT CoMPASSIONATE ONE! 15 LEARN THE PRELIMINARIES 25 TRAIN IN THE Two BoDHICITTAS 47 CoNVERT ADVERSITIES INTo THE PATH oF AwAKENING 63 IMPLEMENT MIND TRAINING IN THIS LIFE 75 THE MEASURE OF MIND TRAINING 81 CoMMITMENTS OF MIND TRAINING 85 ADVICE FOR MIND TRAINING 89 CoNcLusioN 97 FINAL REMARKS 99 Glossary 101 Bibliography 105 Index 107 1his book is dedicated to peace in the wor/J anJ to the prosperity oft he Buddhist Kingdom ofB hutan, the country that has given me the opportunity to generate teachings in this. worlJ. -Shamar Rinpoche LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1: Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion 15 Figure 2: Atisha 20 ·Figure 3: Shakyamuni Buddha 45
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