An ocean of the ultimate meaning : teachings on Mahamudra / Khenchen Thrangu

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Name/Title

An ocean of the ultimate meaning : teachings on Mahamudra / Khenchen Thrangu

Entry/Object ID

BQ7699 .M34 T48 2004

Description

Contents: Part I: The Preliminaries 1. The Particular Preliminaries The Causal Condition: An Aspiration for the Dharma The Primary Condition: The Teacher The Objective Condition: Recognizing the True Nature The Immediate Condition: Looking at Mind As It Is Part II: The Main Practice Shamatha 2. Essential Points of the Main Meditation Essential Points of the Body: Posture Essential Points of the Mind: The Eight Consciousnesses 3. Settling the Unsettled Mind The General Instructions: Resting the Mind Methods of Meditation Focusing on an Impure Object Focusing on a Pure Object Focusing Internally Focusing Without an Object Focusing on the Breath Stages of Mental Stability 4. Stabilizing the Settled Mind Eliminating Dullness: Binding Above Eliminating Agitation: Binding Below Cutting Through Thoughts Nine Methods for Stabilizing the Mind Other Remedies for Dullness and Agitation 5. Enhancing Stability in Meditation Focusing on Sensory Perceptions Focusing on Thoughts Tightening and Loosening Eliminating Errors in Meditation 6. Understanding Emptiness: The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel The First Turning: The Selflessness of the Individual The Second Turning: The Selflessness of Phenomena The Third Turning: Buddha-Nature Vipashyana 7. Ascertaining the Mind's Nature Looking at the Mind at Rest Looking at the Mind in Movement 8. Cutting Through the Root Eleven Activities of Vipashyana 9. Developing Certainty in the Union of Emptiness and Awareness Pointing Out the Nature of Mind through Movement Pointing Out the Nature of Mind through Appearances Philosophical Explanations of Appearances as Mind The Hinayana Views The Mind Only View Recognition through Direct Experience Pointing Out That Appearances Are Mind Pointing Out That Mind Is Empty Pointing Out That Emptiness Is Natural Presence Pointing Out That Natural Presence Is Self-Liberated Part III: The Concluding Topics 10. Enhancing the Result Eliminating the Five Misconceptions Developing the Three Skills Avoiding the Four Deviations Passing Through the Three Dangerous Pathways 11. Eliminating Obstacles The Obstacle of Illness The Obstacle of Demons The Obstacles to Meditation 12. Proceeding Along the Path: The Four Yogas of Mahamudra 13. Attaining the Result Part IV: The Supplementary Teachings 14. Further Explanations of Mahamudra The Nature of Mahamudra Categories of Mahamudra Ground Mahamudra Path Mahamudra Result Mahamudra The Meaning of the Word Joining with Coemergence Gaining the Ultimate Result

Dimensions

Dimension Description

xvii, 206 p. ; 23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Khenchen Thrangu

Publisher

Shambhala

Place Published

City

Boston

Date Published

2004

Publication Subjects

Mahamudra (Tantric rite) Samatha (Buddhism) Vipasyana (Buddhism) Meditation -- BkaŹ¼-rgyud-pa (Sect) Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Doctrines

Call No.

BQ7699 .M34 T48 2004