The Path to Awakening: A Commentary on Ja Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's - Seven Points of Mind Training

126 Pages·2011·5.945 MB·English

by  Shamar Rinpoche & Lara Braitstein

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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
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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