Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 6 - Courageous Compassion

Sprache / Language: Englisch / English
Hardcover, 496 pages.

About the book

Courageous Compassion, the sixth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. The previous volume, In Praise of Great Compassion, focused on opening our hearts with love and compassion for all living beings, and the present volume explains how to embody compassion and wisdom in our daily lives. Here we enter a fascinating exploration of bodhisattvas’ activities across multiple Buddhist traditions—Tibetan, Theravada, and Chinese Buddhism.

After explaining the ten perfections according to the Pali and Sanskrit traditions, the Dalai Lama presents the sophisticated schema of the four paths and fruits for sravakas and solitary realizers and the five paths for bodhisattvas. Learning about the practices mastered by these exalted practitioners inspires us with knowledge of our minds’ potential. His Holiness also describes buddha bodies, what buddhas perceive, and buddhas’ awakening activities. Courageous Compassion offers an in-depth look at bodhicitta, arhatship, and buddhahood that you can continuously refer to as you progress on the path to full awakening.

Contents

• Part I. How to Live with Compassion: The Bodhisattva Perfections
  • Introduction to the Bodhisattva Perfections
  • Living as a Bodhisattva: The Perfections of Generosity, Ethical Conduct, and Fortitude
  • Living as a Bodhisattva: The Remaining Seven Perfections
  • Sharing the Dharma
  • The Ten Perfections in the Pali Tradition

• Part II. The Three Vehicles and Their Fruits
  • Breakthrough to Nirvana: The Pali Tradition
  • Fundamental Vehicle Paths and Fruits: The Sanskrit Tradition
  • The Paths of the Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Grounds
  • Three Pure Bodhisattva Grounds
  • Buddhahood: The Path of No-More-Learning
  • Buddhahood: The Buddhas’ Awakening Activities