Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism

Abstract

Preface ; Part One: MEDITATIONS OF ATANTRICABBOT by Kensur Lekden ; INTRODUCTION ; 1 ACTION ; 2 CYCLIC EXISTENCE ; 3 ALTRUISM ; 4 LOVE AND COMPASSION ; 5 ASSUMING THE BURDEN ; 6 WISDOM ; 7 NAGARJUNA ; 8 ARE A PERSON AND MIND AND BODY THE SAME OR DIFFERENT? ; 9 NOTHINGNESS IS NOT EMPTINESS ; 10 SUMMARY: THE SUPREME PRACTITIONER ; Part Two: WAY OF COMPASSION ; In Praise of Compassion: A Preface byJ effrey Hopkins ; Illumination of the Thought, An Extensive Explanation of Chandrakirti’s ‘Supplement to the Middle Way’ by Tsong-ka-pa ; INTRODUCTION ; Meaning of the Title ; Obeisance of the Translators ; 1 HOMAGE TO COMPASSION ; Meaning of the Text ; Expression of Worship, a Means of Beginning to Compose the Text ; Praise of Great Compassion Without Differentiating Its Types ; Compassion as the Main Cause of a Bodhisattva The Way Hearers and Solitary Realizers arc Born from Kings of Subduers ; The Way Buddhas are Born from Bodhisattvas ; 2 CAUSES OF BODHISATTVAS ; The Three Main Causes of Bodhisattvas ; Compassion as the Root of the Other Two Causes o f a Bodhisattva ; 3 TYPES OF COMPASSION; Homage to Great Compassion Within Differentiating Its Types ; Homage to Compassion Observing Sentient Beings ; Homage to Compassion Observing Phenomena and the Unapprehendable ; 4 THE INEXPRESSIBLE TRAIL ; Actual Body of the Text ; Causal Grounds ; Ways of Practising the Paths of This System in General ; Ways of Practising on the Level o f Common Beings in Particular ; Presentation of the Grounds o f Bodhisattva Superiors ; Presentation of the Ten Grounds in Common ; 5 VERY JOYFUL ; Presentation of the Individual Grounds ; The Five Grounds, the Very Joyful and so forth ; First Ground, die Very Joyful ; Entity of the Ground being Qualified Described in Brief ; Features Qualifying the First Ground in Detail ; Features Beautifying One’s Own Continuum ; Individual Features Beautifying One’s Own Continuum on the First Ground ; Feature of Attaining a Meaningful Name on the First Ground ; Four Features of Birth in the Lineage and So Forth on the First Ground ; Three Features of Advancing to Higher Grounds and so forth ; Features Beautifying One’s Own Continuum in Brief ; Features Outshining Others’ Continuums ; On the First Ground Outshining Hearers and Solitary Realizers by way of Lineage ; On the Seventh Ground Outshining Hearers and Solitary Realizers by way of Intelligence ; 6 HINAYANISTS COGNIZE EMPTINESS; The Meaning Established by These Teachings ; The Teaching in the Sutra on tlie Ten Grounds that Hearers and Solitary Realizers Cognize the Non-Inherent Existence of Phenomena ; Clarification of the Thought of the Commentator, Chandrakirti ; This is Also the System of Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds ; 7 LIBERATION IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT WISDOM ; OP EMPTINESS Sources Proving Hearers’ and Solitary Realizers’ Cognition of the Non-Inherent Existence of Phenomena ; Sources in Mahayana Sutras ; Sources in Treatises and in Hinayana Sutras ; 8 DISTINCTION BETWEEN HINAYANA AND MAHAYANA ; Dispelling Objections to the Teaching that Hearers and Solitary Realizers Cognize the Non-Inherent Existence of Phenomena ; Dispelling Objections Set Forth in Chandrakirti’s Commentary ; Dispelling Objections Not Set Forth in Chandrakirti’s Commentary ; 9 PERFECTION OF GIVING ; Surpassing Feature on the First Ground ; The Giving of Abiders on the First Ground ; The Giving of Those with a Lower Basis ; Attaining the Happiness of Cyclic Existence Through Giving ; Attaining the Happiness of Nirvana Through Giving ; Bodhisattvas’ Giving ; Extraordinary Benefits of Bodhisattvas’ Giving ; Importance of Discourse on Giving for Both the Compassionate and the Non-Compassionate ; The Joy Attained by Bodhisattvas When Giving ; Whether or Not Suffering Occurs When a Bodhisattva Gives Away His Body ; Divisions of the Perfection of Giving ; Conclusion by way of Expressing the Features of the First Ground ; 10 PERFECTION OF ETHICS ; Second Ground, the Stainless ; Thorough Purification of Ethics on the Second Ground ; Sublimity of Ethics on the Second Ground ; Thorough Purification of Features in Dependence on Ethics ; Superiority of Ethics on the Second Ground Over the First Ground ; Another Cause of the Thorough Purification of Ethics ; Praise of Ethics ; Enjoying the Fruits of Giving in a Happy Migration Depends on Ethics ; Enjoying the Fruits of Giving in Continuous Lives Depends on Ethics ; Liberation from Bad Migrations is Extremely Difficult for One Bereft of Ethics ; Reason for Discoursing on Ethics after Discoursing on Giving ; Praising Ethics as a Cause of Both High Status and Definite Goodness ; Example of Non-Mixture with What is Not Conducive to Ethics ; Divisions of the Perfection of Ethics ; Conclusion by way of Expressing the Features of the Second Ground ; 11 PERFECTION OF PATIENCE ; Third Ground, the Luminous ; Description of the Third Ground - the Base of Qualities ; Qualifying Features of the Third Ground ; Surpassing Patience on the Third Ground ; Way of Observing Other Patience ; Unsuitability of Anger ; Unsuitability of Anger due to its Being Senseless and Very Faulty ; Contradiction of Not Wanting Suffering in the Future and Making Harmful Response ; Unsuitability oj Anger due to its Destroying Virtue Accumulated over a Long Time ; Meaning of the Text on the Unsuitability of Anger due to its Destroying Virtue Accumulated over a Long Time ; Ancillary Meanings ; Stopping Anger by Reflecting on the Many Faults of Impatience ; Suitability of Observing Patience ; Reflecting on the Many Advantages of Patience ; Summary Exhortation to Observe Patience ; Divisions of the Perfection of Patience ; Other Pure Features Arising on the Third Ground ; Distinguishing Attribute o f the First Three Perfections ; Conclusion by way o f Expressing the Features o f the Third Ground ; 12 perfections of effort and concentration Fourth Ground, the Radiant ; Surpassing Effort on the Fourth Ground ; Description of the Fourth Ground ; Features o f Abandonment ; Fifth Ground, the Difficult to Overcome ; Description o f the Fifth Ground ; Surpassing Concentration and Skill in the Truths ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Notes ;