by Pema Chodron
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Turning the Mind into an Ally. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. Clear teachings on how to meditate; a helpful companion to chapter 5 of The Way of the Bodhisattva.
Audiotapes
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, with Ösel Tendzin. The Way of the Bodhisattva. A nine-talk seminar on Shantideva’s text, Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colo., June 1980. Covers such topics as the bodhisattva vow and mahayana practices.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. The Way of the Bodhisattva. A thirty-one-audiotape commentary on Shantideva’s text. From Siddhartha’s Intent, 486 West 26th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V5Y 2K2. Website: www.siddharthasintent.org. E-mail: [email protected].
Pema Chödrön. The Way of the Bodhisattva. A twelve-talk commentary (sixteen audiotapes) on the first eight chapters, given at Gampo Abbey, 2001. (Also available in transcript form.) Great Path Tapes and Books, 330 E. Van Hoesen, Portage, MI 49002. (269) 384-4167. Website: www.pemachodrontapes.org. E-mail: [email protected].
———. The Excellence of Bodhichitta, a weekend program at Karmê Chöling, Vermont, May 2002. An in-depth teaching on the first chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva, and an excellent introduction to the practice of tonglen. Also available in transcript form. Great Path Tapes and Books, 330 E. Van Hoesen, Portage, MI 49002. (269) 384-4167. Website: www.pemachodrontapes.org. E-mail: [email protected].
———. City Retreat II: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, Berkeley, Cal., 1999. Covers the lojong (“mind training”) slogans, plus tonglen, equality practice, transforming painful circumstances into the path, and extending lojong to one’s whole life. These practices complement Shantideva’s text. Great Path Tapes and Books, 330 E. Van Hoesen, Portage, MI 49002. (269) 384-4167. Website: www.pemachodrontapes.org. E-mail: [email protected].
———. City Retreat III: The Four Limitless Qualities, Berkeley, Cal., 2001. Highly recommended overview of the four limitless qualities of loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Guided loving kindness meditation, bodhichitta and compassion, the power of attention, three methods for dissolving stuckness, working with upheavals and the practice of equanimity, and continuing practice in everyday life. These practices complement Shantideva’s text. Great Path Tapes and Books, 330 E. Van Hoesen, Portage, MI 49002. (269) 384-4167. Website: www.pemachodrontapes.org. E-mail: [email protected].
———. The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Berkeley, Cal., 2002–2004. Pema Chödrön’s oral commentary on Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara, the Way of the Bodhisattva. Also available in transcript form. Great Path Tapes and Books, 330 E. Van Hoesen, Portage, MI 49002. (269) 384-4167. Website: www.pemachodrontapes.org. E-mail: [email protected].
Other Transcripts
Andreas Kretschmar, trans. Bodhisattva-charyavatara, Entering the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas, accompanied by a translation of Drops of Nectar. This is a translation of an important commentary on Shantideva’s text by Khenpo Kunpal (a direct student of Patrul Rinpoche), with further elaboration by Khenpo Choga’s oral commentary. All texts and commentaries have been presented by the translator as a gift of dharma. English text is edited by Judith S. Amtzis. Website: www.kunpal.com.
Index
Note: Index entries from the print edition of this book have been included for use as search terms. They can be located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.
ability
abuse
abusers. See also oppressors and oppressed
action
and acting out
active bodhichitta
addiction. See also possessions, attachment to
adversity bodhisattvas
afflictions
aggression. See also anger; hatred; violence; war
Akashagarbha
alertness
anger. See also hatred
causes and triggers of
empathy and. See also empathy
enemies and
harm caused by
healing
patience as antidote
Thrangu on
using anger for
justifying
refraining from
relating honestly and sanely regarding
animals
realm of
relationship with
appearance. See body
arhat
aspiration bodhichitta. See also bodhichitta, aspiration of
aspiration(s). See also intention
power of
Atisha
atman
attachment(s). See also relationships; shenpa
letting go of. See also letting go
negative
to possessions, body, and merit
attentiveness
austerity
Avalokita, Lord
awakened mind. See also bodhichitta
awakening. See also enlightenment
aspects of the wish for
awareness. See also mindfulness
gateway of
Batchelor, Stephen
beggars. See homeless people; poor people
benefits, field of
bhumis, ten
bias
birth
blame
blessings
bliss. See also joy
realms of
bodhi, defined
bodhi mind
bodhichitta
analogies for
aspects of
aspiration of. See also aspiration bodhichitta
connection with
disciplines
glimpses of
meanings
merits of, to people inclined to lesser paths
never turning one’s back on
opportunity to awaken
power
preciousness
proper treatment of
as transient and frail
bodhisattva guidelines. See also specific topics
bodhisattva ideal
bodhisattva path
commitment to enter
hardships on
longing and spirit of
bodhisattva training. See also specific topics
bodhisattva vow
approaches to working with
heart of
nature of
reneging on
taking/committing to
bodhisattva(s)
acts of
as embodying awakened mind
mature
bodily obsessions
body. See also health; sexual desire
attachment to
and concern about appearance
death and the
impurity of
revulsion and
wholeness of
Buddha
on birth
blessings of
on bodhisattvas
on childishness of sentient beings
could not satisfy everyone’s desires
gradual path recommended by
heirs/offspring
on impermanence
on karma
kleshas
as one of the Three Jewels
on suffering
tonglen practice and
buddha nature
wisdom of
buddhahood
achieving
for all
of the protectors
buddhas
as embodying awakened mind
making offerings to
offspring of
patience and
Buddhism, Mahayana. See mahayana
burnout
calmness. See also shamatha
caste system
cause and effect, chain of
celebration. See rejoicing
challenge, love of
charnel ground
child-rearing
childishness
choice
civil rights workers and civil disobedience
comfort orientation
commitment
compassion. See also empathy; mahayana; suffering/pain
awakening
“idiot,”
for one’s oppressor/enemy. See also empathy, for rivals
for self
competitiveness. See also jealousy
compliments. See praise
confession
four powers of
confidence. See also pride/arrogance
conscientiousness
courage
egoless
covetousness. See also envy; jealousy
Dalai Lama
favorite verse
Deadly Lord
death. See also under body
as grim reaper
horrors of
preparation for
Shantideva on the certainty of his
Death, Lord of
demon women
devotion
dharma. See also Jewels, Three
applying it to life
defined
gift of
nature of
practice of
teaching, under threat of death
teaching oneself
Dharmapada
Dharma’s peak
discipline
disciplines
of bodhichitta
three
disillusionment
distractedness
distractions
doodling
dualities. See also separateness
dunzi
ego
defined
ego-clinging. See also self
egolessness. See also self-absorption
emotions
making friends with
negative. See also kleshas
empathy. See also equality, of self and other; separateness, myth of; tonglen
anger and
and freeing oneself from self-centeredness
for homeless people
for people we consider “lower,”
purposes and effects of
for rivals. See also compassion, for one’s oppressor/enemy
emptiness
experience of
nature of
rationale of
wisdom of
enemies. See also compassion, for one’s oppressor/enemy; friends and foes; oppressors and oppressed; troublemakers
delight in the misfortune of our
grieving for
enlightenment. See also awakening
commitment to
longing for
rejoicing the possibility of gaining
enthusiasm
attributes of
defined
fruition
vs. laziness
envy
equality
gender
of self and other. See also separateness
evil. See also hell; karma; “sin” and “sinners”
harboring
facial expressions
faith
types of
false views
fame
fear. See also courage
feedback
ferryman, aspiration of
firmness
forgiveness. See also compassion, for one’s oppressor/enemy
freedom
friends and foes. See also compassion, for one’s oppressor/enemy
distinguishing between
Gampo Abbey
gender. See women
generosity. See also giving; offerings
paramita of
types of
Geshe Ben
gewa
giving. See also generosity; offerings
capacity for
happiness from
Glassman Roshi, Bernard
God
god realm
golden rule
Gomez, Little Joe
goodness, basic
uncovering our
gratitude to everyone
grief
Groundhog Day (film)
guilt
Gyatso, Kelsang
happiness. See also bliss; joy; pleasure; rejoicing
causes. See also giving, happiness from
choosing
keys to
patience and
seeking it in outer things
hatred. See also aggression; anger
vs. anger
harboring
Healing Anger (Dalai Lama)
health. See also illness
heart, loss of
hell
avoiding the pains of
compassion for those suffering in
conceptions of
descriptions of
vindictiveness and
heroes
Hindu society
homeless people
empathizing with
helping
honesty
horse of bodhichitta
humility. See also pride/arrogance
hungry ghost realm
ignorance
eliminating
illness. See also health
impermanence. See also body, death and the
Buddha on
India
Indian mythology
intention. See also aspiration(s)
of making offerings, special
interdependence
Jambudvipa
jealousy
jewel of bodhichitta
Jewels, Three
joy. See also bliss; patience, practicing, “four joys” of; rejoicing
ground of Perfect
kalyanamitra
karma. See also hell
attentiveness to
Buddha on
nature of
patience and
Trungpa on
understanding
Karmapa, Sixteenth
karmic debt
karmic seeds, ripening of negative
Khenpo Gangshar
Khyentse, Dzongsar
Khyentse Rinpoche, Dilgo
kindness. See also generosity; giving
King, Martin Luther Jr.
kings
kleshas. See also specific kleshas
antidotes to and de-escalation of. See also anger, healing
being seduced by our
compared with drug pushers
defined
distractedness and
faults of
remaining steady when confronted with
Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dzigar
grandmother of
on hardships encountered on the path
on “heartbreak with samsara,”
on “illogical logic of self-importance,”
on “positive sadness,”
on rejoicement therapy
on relationship with self
on seeking happiness in outer things
Kshitigarbha
laziness
antidote to
types of
leaders, perfect
letting go. See also surrender
life review
; lightness
Lokeshvara
Lord, Deadly
Lord Avalokita
Lord of Death
loss
states of
love
of self
lust
mahayana
essence
meaning of the term
Maitreya
Manjughosha
Manjushri
Mao Tse-tung
Marpa
marriage
medicine
meditation. See also shamatha; tonglen
paramita of
mental well-being
mercy
merit
accumulating/gathering
attachment to
dedicating
veneration of
mind
closed, unskillful
stability of
taming the
mental well-being as result of
reasons for
shamatha meditation and
wildness of
mindful speech
mindfulness. See also awareness
in daily life
enthusiasm and
mindfulness practice. See also mindfulness training
power of
mindfulness training
defined
Mipham Rinpoche, Sakyong
mistakes, learning from one’s
moderation
modesty. See humility
money. See wealth
monks
Nagarjuna
Nalanda University
Naropa
neediness
negativity
neurosis
Nhat Hahn, Thich
nidana chain
nidana(s)
nimbleness
nirvana
noble principles, three
nostalgia
nuns
object of offering, special
offerings
of beautiful places resonant with song
practice of making
of prostrations
oneness. See separateness, myth of
oppressors and oppressed. See also enemies; friends and foes
Packer, Toni
pain. See suffering/pain
paramita(s). See also specific paramitas
defined
highest goal of
linear development of
passion
patience
as antidote for anger
categories of
developing
karma and
paramita of
perfection of
practicing
“four joys” of
