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Index
Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Preface
Editor’s Preface
1. Awakening from the Sleep of Selfishness
T HE E SSENCE OF THE B UDDHA’S T EACHINGS
T HE B ENEFITS OF B ODHICHITTA
The Immediate Benefits
The Long-Term Benefits
2. Steps on the Path
R ENUNCIATION AND S TABILITY
E QUANIMITY
The Equanimity of Feeling
The Equanimity of Application
Immeasurable Equanimity
The Changeable Nature of Relationships
Lessening Our Aversion
The Meditation on Equanimity
3. The Intuitive Route to Selflessness
T HE M AIN M IND OF B ODHICHITTA
The Two Mental Factors That Make Up Bodhichitta
T HE S EVEN P OINTS OF C AUSE AND E FFECT
Establishing the Basis for Developing the Aspiration to Benefit All Beings
All Beings Have Been Our Mothers
Recalling the Kindness of Others
Resolving to Repay the Kindness
The Actual Method of Cultivating the Aspiration to Benefit All Beings
The Cultivation of Affectionate Love
The Cultivation of Compassion
Special Intention
Cultivating the Aspiration to Attain Full Enlightenment
The Result
4. Turning Self-Cherishing Around
T HE R ATIONAL R OUTE TO C OMPASSION
E QUALIZING O NESELF WITH O THERS
Understanding Suffering
The Equality of All Beings
E XCHANGING O NESELF WITH O THERS
Turning Self-Cherishing Around
Choosing to Be Selfless
The Power of Familiarity
The Block of Seeing Self and Others as Different
T AKING AND G IVING
The Actual Meditation
T HE C OMBINATION OF THE T WO M ETHODS
How the Two Methods Combine
T HE F OUR C AUSES, THE F OUR C ONDITIONS, AND THE F OUR F ORCES
The Four Causes
The Four Conditions
The Four Forces
5. Enhancing the Awakening Mind
A SPIRING AND E NGAGING B ODHICHITTA
Holding Aspiring Bodhichitta with a Ritual
The Bodhisattva Vows
Differences Between the Three Vows
Breaking and Restoring a Vow
T HE T WENTY-TWO T YPES OF B ODHICHITTA
M AINTAINING AND E NHANCING B ODHICHITTA IN T HIS AND F UTURE L IFETIMES
Maintaining and Enhancing Bodhichitta in This Lifetime
Maintaining and Enhancing Bodhichitta in Future Lifetimes
Maintaining Bodhichitta through Mind Training
6. The Bodhisattva’s Activities
T HE S IX P ERFECTIONS
The Perfection of Generosity
The Three Kinds of Generosity
The Six Extraordinary Factors
The Main Obstacles to Practicing Generosity
The Perfection of Morality
The Three Kinds of Morality
The Perfection of Patience
The Three Kinds of Patience
The Perfection of Joyous Perseverance
The Three Kinds of Joyous Perseverance
The Perfections of Concentration and Wisdom
T HE F OUR M EANS OF D RAWING S ENTIENT B EINGS TO THE D HARMA
C ONCLUSION
Appendix: Eight Verses on Mind Training
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Authors
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
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