This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to EnlightenmentUsing the traditional Tibetan Buddhist framework of the Four Reminders—the preciousness of human birth, the truth of impermanence, the reality of suffering, and the inescapability of karma—Khandro Rinpoche explains why and how we could all better use this short life to pursue a spiritual path and make the world a better place. The book includes contemplative exercises that encourage us to appreciate the tremendous potential of the human body and mind. |
Contents
84 | 5 |
The Three Lower Realms | 10 |
Part | 21 |
The Eight Freedoms | 28 |
The Ten Endowments | 34 |
A Human Birth So Difficult to Obtain | 43 |
The Great Impermanence of Death | 49 |
Training in Awareness | 58 |
The Ten Virtuous Actions and the Fruition of Positive Karma | 109 |
Karma and Reincarnation | 113 |
Purification of Body Speech and Mind | 115 |
The Fruition of Contemplating the Four Reminders | 117 |
Selflessness in the Beginning Middle and | 121 |
Part Five REFUGE | 125 |
Entering the Gateway | 127 |
Concluding Dedication | 167 |
The Six Realms of Existence and Karma | 65 |
The Three Higher Realms | 83 |
Not Solid and Not to Be Taken Lightly | 89 |
KARMA | 93 |
The Law of Karma | 95 |
Creating Positive and Negative Karma | 98 |
The Ten Unvirtuous Actions | 100 |
The Fruition of Negative Karma 95 98 100 | 106 |
The Practice of Meditation | 169 |
Resources for Further Practice and Study | 174 |
Bibliography | 175 |
Glossary | 177 |
Editors Acknowledgments | 182 |
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This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment Khandro Limited preview - 2005 |
This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment Khandro No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
absolute truth actually anger arise bodhichitta bodhisattvas body born bring buddha nature Buddhist cause and effect circumstances CIRCUMSTANTIAL ENDOWMENT COLD HELL compassion completely concepts create death develop awareness Dharma distractions eight freedoms eighteen qualities emotions essence exhaustion experience fear Four Reminders fundamental ground genuine grasping ground of awareness habitual patterns habitual tendencies harm hatred hell realms hinayana human birth hungry ghost hungry ghost realm ignorance impermanence intense jealousy kalpa karmic Khandro Rinpoche killing laziness let go liberation lives mahayana means meditation ment motivation negative karma ness nirvana nonawareness object of refuge ourselves pain path of practice Patrul Rinpoche perceptions potential pratyekabuddha realize recognize sambhogakaya samsara Sangha SELF-ENDOWMENT selfishness selflessness sense sentient shamatha Shantideva six realms solid speech suffering take refuge talk tantra teachers teachings things thought Three Jewels three lower realms Tibetan tion true nature truly understand unvirtuous actions vajra vajrayana virtuous actions wisdom world system wrong view