A non-sectarian guide to the Buddha's essential teachings, this text communicates the sense of Buddhism as a comprehensive whole. Inspired by Lama Mipham's Khenjug (Gateway to Expertise), this carefully researched outline relies closely on traditional works to introduce basic concepts, terminology, and maps of consciousness important for independent study and practice. Includes an extended treatment of meditation and wisdom as interlocking parts of the Buddhist path. An indispensable resource for Western students of the Dharma.
Ways of Enlightenment encourages Western students of the Dharma to explore the teachings of the Buddha in their own experience and discover for themselves the way of enlightenment.
Eighteen sections include:
• Awakening to the Four Noble Truths
• Discipline, Concentration, Wisdom
• Three Traditional Vehicles
• Linking Faith and Knowledge
• Basic Abhidharma Analyses
• Patterns of Mind and Senses
• Observing Subject and Object
• Interdependent Co-operation
• Three Realms of Samsara
• The Five Spiritual Faculties
• Creative Force of Karma and Emotion
• Freedom from Delusion
• Steps on the Path of Liberation
• Indestructible Awakening
Autorentext
Lama Mipham (1846-1912) was a great scholar-practitioner of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Charged by his teacher with writing textbooks for his lineage, Mipham composed commentaries on all levels of teachings that are still relied on by Nyingma students. Ways of Enlightenment is based on a concise text by Lama Mipham, augmented by Dharma Publishing editors with explanations and extensive citations from traditional sources.
Klappentext
A non-sectarian guide to the Buddha's essential teachings. Provides: context for study, discussion of the role of faith and doubt, and an in depth review of teachings shared by all Buddhist schools, including the Four Noble Truths, skandha analysis, dependent origination, the structure of the path and more.