Overview
The second volume presents the bodhisattva teachings of the mahayana. At this point, having trained and seen the benefits of looking within, the student begins to shift their focus outward to the broader world. Formal entry into the mahayana occurs with taking the bodhisattva vow. Mahayana practitioners dedicate themselves to the service of all sentient beings, aspiring to save them from sorrow and confusion, and vowing to bring them to perfect liberation. This stage of the path emphasizes the cultivation of wisdom through the view and experience of emptiness, or shunyata, in which all phenomena are seen to be unbounded, completely open, ungraspable, and profound. From the ground of shunyata, compassionate activity is said to arise naturally and spontaneously. In addition to mindfulness and awareness, the mahayanist practices lojong, or "mind training," based on the cultivation of the paramitas, or "transcendent virtues": generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and prajna, or "knowledge." As a component of lojong, tonglen, or "sending and taking," is practiced in order to increase maitri, or loving-kindness.
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa's greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. This work will resonate with new students of Buddhism as well as the most senior students.
Topics covered in detail in this volume include:
Bodhichitta
Loving-kindness, or maitri
Compassion, or karuna
Skillful means, or upaya
Buddha nature and basic goodness
The four limitless ones
Bodhisattva vows
Emptiness, or shunyata
Madhyamaka
Relative truth and ultimate truth
Prajna
The paramitas
Lojong training
Tonglen meditation
The ten bhumis
Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya
And more
This book title, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion (The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two), ISBN: 9781611801057, by Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief, published by Shambhala (April 15, 2014) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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