VOLUME 03: Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature von Dalai Lama und Thubten Chodron
Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 440 pages.
Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 3 - Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
About the book
In this third volume of the series, discover the mind’s infinitely vast potential and buddha nature. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature takes up centrally important premises of Buddhism: the unsatisfactoriness (duhkha) of cyclic existence (samsara), the determination to be free of cyclic existence, and the mind as the basis for both the extreme duhkha of samsara and the bliss of nirvana. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities.
Knowledge of buddha nature reveals and reconciles the paradox of how the mind can be the basis for both the extreme duhkha of samsara (the unpurified mind) and the bliss and fulfillment of nirvana (the purified mind). To illustrate this, Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature first takes readers through Buddhist thought on the self, the Four Noble Truths, and their sixteen attributes. Then, the Dalai Lama explains afflictions, their arising and antidotes, followed by an examination of karma and cyclic existence and, finally, a deep and thorough elucidation of buddha nature.
Contents
The Self, the Four Truths, and Their Sixteen Attributes
Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Truth of Duḥkha
True Origins of Duḥkha
Afflictions, Their Arising, and Their Antidotes
Afflictions and Karma, Their Seeds and Latencies
Karma, the Universe, and Evolution
Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
Dependent Origination: Cycling in Samsāra
The Determination to Be Free
Seeking Genuine Peace
Freedom from Cyclic Existence
The Mind and Its Potential
Buddha Nature
Going Deeper into Buddha Nature