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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
Editor’s Preface
Part I. Meditation and the Mind
1. Becoming Familiar with Virtue
Subduing the Mind
We Can Definitely Transform Our Mind
The Power of the Mind
The Importance of Motivation
Combining Study, Reflection, and Meditation
Gaining Realizations
Far-Sightedness, Determination, and a Relaxed Mind
2. Types of Meditation
Analytical Meditation
Fixed Meditation
Combining the Two
Visualization
The Need for Analytical Meditation
3. Objects of Meditation
The Breath
Analytical Objects
Objects for Purifying Afflictions
Part II. Developing a Meditation Practice
4. The Six Preliminary Practices
Cleaning the Meditation Room
Making Offerings
Sitting in a Suitable Posture
Visualizing the Merit Field
Reciting the Seven-Limb Prayer
Offering a Mandala
Requesting the Lineage Lamas
The Completion
5. Establishing a Practice
Purification, Accumulating Merit, and Guru Yoga
A Map for the Complete Day
6. Developing Shamatha
Shamatha within Tibetan Buddhism
The Prerequisites for Shamatha
The Five Hindrances and the Eight Antidotes
The Nine Stages of Shamatha
Shamatha and Insight
Tantra
7. Meditating on the Lamrim
The Map to Enlightenment
Common Lamrim Meditations
Lamrim Prayers and Meditation
8. Retreats
Doing a Retreat Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment
Nyungnés
The Preliminary Practices
Structuring a Retreat
Between Sessions
Part III. Postmeditation
9. Away from the Meditation Cushion
Taking the Essence Day and Night
Be a Conjurer of Illusions
A Star, a Defective View, the Butter Lamp Flame
10. The Dharma in Every Action
The Dharma in Our Daily Life
Bodhichitta Mindfulness in Everyday Activities
11. Thought Transformation
Enjoying Problems
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
Tonglen
Meditation is Transforming the Mind
Appendices
1. Meditation on the Continuity of the Consciousness
2. The Nine-Round Breathing Meditation
3. A Meditation on the Perfect Human Rebirth
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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