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Index
Cover
Other Titles
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Ben of Kongpo
Finding Manjushri
1. Holy Buddhist Sites
What Makes a Place “Holy”
Buddha’s Final Words of Advice
Lumbini
Bodhgaya
Sarnath
Kushinagar
2. Pilgrimage
Spiritual Values
Motivation
Mindfulness
3. How to Make The Most of Your Pilgrimage
Accumulation and Purification
How to Accumulate Merit at Holy Sites
Remember the Triple Gem
Offer Three Prostrations
Think of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
Recite a Sutra
Take Refuge
Preparations for Making the Bodhisattva Vow
The Bodhisattva Vow
Four Immeasurable Thoughts
Tonglen Practice
The Practices of the Bodhichitta of Application and Absolute Bodhichitta
The Practice of Aspiration
What to Aspire For
Fake Monks and Beggars at Holy Sites
Afterword
Appendix: Prayers and Mantras
The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s “Aspiration to Good Actions”
The Prayer of the Vajradhatu Mandala
Prayer for the Future of the Dharma
Mantras for Offering Flowers and Prostrations
Notes
Index
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