The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception is a revised edition of the classic guide to the Lam-dre, a key system of meditation of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Written by one of the first Tibetan masters to live and teach in the United States, it is written in a lyrical style that entertains, inspires and motivates the reader. A key work for all those who are eager to develop and deepen their meditation practice.
An inspiring and accessible guide to the three essential dimensions of the spiritual path, according to the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
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List of Photographs Foreword Acknoeledgments Noto to the Reader Introduction:The Tradition, the Teachings, and the Teacher 1 A Priceless Jewel in a Garbage Heap 2 Reveling in the Wine of Bliss 3 First Things First and Last Things Last 4 Climbing a Steep Ladder without Hands 5 The Umbrella of Refuge 6 Holding Fast until Enlightenment Is Won 7 Suppose You Own a Fine Horse 8 The Needle Point of Worldly Existence 9 Sheer Pain 10 The Forest of Swords 11 Ignoble Stinginess 12 From Celestial Mansions to Murky Depths 13 No Rest from the Dance 14 A Fish Cast Up on Hot, Dry Sand 15 Careless Craving 16 Ceaseless Roaming 17 Imagine a Blind Tortoise 18 A Lump of Charcoal and a White Conch 19 Just Somebody Dressed in Red 20 The Great Fisher, Death 21 Discarded in Some Dark Hole 22 A Protector, an Island, a Great, Friendly Host 23 Deeds, Like a Shadow, Will Follow 24 A Great Vessel Filled by Drops of Water 25 Black Pebbles and White Pebbles 26 As Helpless As a Worm 27 Giving Our Parents a Piggyback Ride 28 A Mind Like an Overturned Pot 29 The Flavor of Compassion 30 Rudderless on the Sea of Life 31 A Coiled Rope in the Gloom of Night 32 "Beloved Daughter"Kicks His Mother 33 The Hand Must Help the Foot 34 A Cloud of White Light or a Sudden Dawn 35 Turning the Wheel of the Rat Race 36 Doing What Bodhisattvas Do 37 A Protector of the Protectorless 38 Seeing Things Exactly as They Are 39 Insight Yoked with Calm 40 Pouring Water into a Vase with a Hole in It 41 A Four-Petaled Blue Flower 42 The Monkeys Were Perlexed 43 The Flame of a Lamp in a Windless Place 44 A Storm of Thought Processes 45 Ten Million Blind Men 46 Rebirth as a Woodchuck 47 Samsara Falls Apart Like a Tattered Rag 48 If You Think of Yourself as a Tiger 49 It Is "Natural" Not to Be Natural 50 Paying the Tax of Compulsiveness 51 Awakening Certitude 52 Tasting Sugarcane for the First Time 53 A Chamberpot, an Offering Bowl, a Buddha 54 The Dreaming Mind Deludes Itself 55 Tuning the Violin of Meditation 56 The Sharpness of a Thorn, the Roundness of a Pea Outline of the Text Notes Bibliography Glossary of Tibetan Names and Terms Index
