Longchen Rabjam (1308–1363), also known as Longchenpa, is a great luminary of Tibetan Buddhism. He was highly skilled in all aspects of scholarship from an early age and excelled throughout his life in the practice and accomplishment of the Dharma. Regarded as a great Dzogchen master, Longchenpa had many pure visions where he was given direct instructions from Guru Padmasambhava and is recognized as an emanation of Vimalamitra. Longchenpa’s prolific writings have made him one of Tibet’s most renowned and precious teachers.
摘要
Released in paperback for the first time, this brilliant translation of Longchenpa’s famous work presents the entire scope of the Buddhist view combined with pith instructions for pointing out the nature of one’s mind.
Longchen Rabjam’s Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind is a classic Buddhist manual for attaining true liberation through familiarizing ourselves with our most basic nature–our clear, pristine, and aware mind. Written in the fourteenth century, this text is the first part to Longchenpa’s Trilogy of Rest, a work of the esoteric Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. This unique presentation of the Buddhist view and path combines the scholastic expository method of explanation with direct pith instructions designed for yogi practitioners.
This text systematically presents the view in thirteen chapters, outlining all that a practitioner must know in order to embark on the complete Buddhist path. Here we find fundamental instructions on the need to turn away from materialism, how to find a qualified guide, how to develop boundless compassion for all beings, tantra and its associated practices, calm abiding (śamatha) and deep insight (vipaśyanā) meditation techniques, all culminating in the practice presented from the perspective of Dzogchen.
This first volume of the Trilogy of Rest is a comprehensive teaching on the view from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, setting the foundation for the following two volumes: Finding Rest in Meditation, which focuses on meditation practice, and Finding Rest in Illusion, which focuses on post-meditation yogic conduct. The Padmakara Translation Group has provided us with a clear and fluid new translation of Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind, which will serve as a genuine aid to study and meditation.
目次
Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche xiii Foreword by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche xv Translators' Introduction xix Part One: Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind Prologue3 1. The Freedoms and Advantages of Human Birth So Hard to Find 5 2. Impermanence 11 3. The Sufferings of Samsara 17 4. The Karmic Law of Cause and Effect 35 5. The Spiritual Master 51 6. Refuge 67 7. The Four Unbounded Attitudes 75 8. Cultivating the Attitude of Mind Oriented toward Enlightenment 85 9. The Generation and Perfection Stages and Their Union 103 10. The View That Dwells in Neither of the Two Extremes, the Wisdom whereby the Nature of the Ground Is Realized 115 11. The Path: Stainless Meditative Concentration 127 12. The Three Aspects of Meditative Concentration 143 13. The Great, Spontaneously Present Result 151 Conclusion 163 Part Two: Excerpts from The Great Chariot The Mind Is the Root of All Phenomena 167 Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness 171 The Eight Consciousnesses as the Basis of Delusion 175 The Three Natures 179 The Universal Ground 191 The Universal Ground, the Eight Consciousnesses, and the State of Sleep 201 The Tathagatagarbha 205 Refuge 243 The Three Concentrations of the Generation Stage 253 The Simple Practice of the Generation and Perfection Stages 257 The Mind and the Objects That Appear to It 261 The Omniscient Longchenpa Speaks about His Realization 265 Notes 269 Texts Cited in The Great Chariot 301 Bibliography 305 The Padmakara Translation Group Translations into English 309
