Traleg Kyabgon (1955–2012) was born in Eastern Tibet and educated by many great masters of all four major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the founder of the Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute, which is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with a major practice center in upstate New York and a practice community in New York City. He taught extensively at universities and Buddhist centers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia beginning in 1980, and is the author of numerous books that present Buddhist teachings to Western readers, including The Essence of Buddhism and Mind at Ease.
摘要
This comprehensive guide to the Buddhist path from the Tibetan point of view is as accessible as it is complete. Traleg Kyabgon breaks the teachings down conveniently into the three traditional “vehicles,” while never letting us forget that the point of all the Dharma is nothing other than insight into the mind and heart. Along the way he provides vivid definitions of fundamental Buddhist concepts such as compassion, emptiness, and Buddha-nature and answers common questions such as: - Why does Buddhism teach that there is “no self”? - Are Buddhist teachings pessimistic? - Does Buddhism encourage social passivity? - What is the role of sex in Buddhist tantra? - Why is it said that samsara is nirvana? - Does it take countless lifetimes to attain enlightenment, or can it be achieved in a moment?
目次
Foreword by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa ix Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii 1 Fundamentals: The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Noble Path 1 2 Ethical Conduct: Doing What Is Truly Beneficial 10 3 Meditation: Changing Our Mental Outlook 23 4 Karma and Rebirth: Everything Is in Relationship 30 5 Mahayana Buddhism: Helping Others Is Helping Oneself 36 6 The Way of the Bodhisattva: Meditation and Action Go Together 42 7 Realizing Wisdom and Compassion: Bodhichitta and the Paramitas 50 8 The Link between Wisdom and Compassion: The Paramita of Meditation and the Nine Stages of Shamatha 58 9 Insight Meditation: The Paramita of Wisdom and the Madhyamaka School 69 10 The Role of the Mind: The Yogachara School and Buddha-Nature 79 11 Spiritual Progress: The Five Paths and the Ten Stages of the Bodhisattva 96 12 Buddhahood: The Three Kayas 119 13 Sutra and Tantra: The Tantric Levels of Attainment 134 14 Supreme Yoga Tantra: Becoming a Total Person 144 15 The Six Yogas of Naropa: Dealing with Conflicting Emotions 149 16 Mahamudra and the Nature of Mind: Going beyond Duality 158 17 Mahamudra Meditation: Allowing the Mind to Rest in Its Natural State 165 Index 179
