Buddhism
azw3 |eng | 2010-05-15 | Author:Dalai Lama & Rajiv Mehrotra

In developing a meditation practice, one must progress in the training of meditative stabilization, which is the mind’s abiding one-pointedly on its object. There are many types of meditative stabilization, ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-06 | Author:Shantarakshita & Mipham, Jamgon [Mipham, Jamgon]

Notes 1. See, e.g., Peter della Santina, Madhyamaka Schools in India (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1995); T. R. V Murti, The Central Philosophy of Buddhism (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968); ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2010-09-29 | Author:Jan Westerhoff

Blurred ball The motion-blur effect also arises for our eyes. Of course these do not work like a camera by shooting a picture during a fixed exposure time. What happensis ...
( Category: Linguistics January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2001-11-25 | Author:Ngawang Zangpo

Here is Kongtrul in his own words, with titles added: Life Before Tsadra It is appropriate to begin with a description of the identity of the virtuous practitioner [at this ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2008-04-28 | Author:John Powers

Om Vajrasattva, protect the pledge. Vajrasattva, may I be supported by you. Remain firmly with me; be pleased with me; be happy with me. Be affectionate toward me. Bestow all ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 1975-11-15 | Author:Ye-Shes Rgyal-Mtshan & Herbert V. Guenther

4' hsom-gtan, to let one's intention settle firmly on a certain topic. It is a state in which all discrimination is gone and only integration remains. The statement here that ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2000-09-28 | Author:Evans-Wentz, W. Y. & Jung, C. G. & Lopez, Donald S. [Evans-Wentz, W. Y.]

THE GOD OF THE CORPSES Thence he proceeded to the ‘Cool Sandal-Wood’ Cemetery,4about ten miles from Bōdh-Gayā. Using corpses for his seat, he remained there five years practising meditation. His ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2006-01-18 | Author:Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche & Nagarjuna & Padmakara Translation Group

(ii) Investigating the aggregates that are the support of the self The aggregates are not a simple whim, From neither time nor nature do they come, Nor by themselves, from ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-02-16 | Author:Cortand Dahl & Cortland Dahl

In the long version of the Longchen Nyingtik ngöndro, the mandala offering is followed by the offering of the simple beggar, or kusali offering. This is both a preparation for ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2005-09-25 | Author:Geshe Jampa Tegchok & Thubten Chodron

If someone is hungry, it is definitely better to give him food rather than to simply wish he had some. It is good to help in a practical way whenever ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 1994-07-25 | Author:Elizabeth Cook

Although such accounts indicate that there were periods of opposition to Buddhism, the Sarvastivadins who lived in Kashmir persevered and developed their monasteries into distinguished centers of learning. The isolated ...
( Category: Divination with Crystals January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2002-01-08 | Author:The Dalai Lama His Holiness & Jeffrey Hopkins Ph.d. & Jeffrey Hopkins

PRACTICALINTENTION TOBECOMEENLIGHTENED When your aspiration to become enlightened is firm, you should implement it in deeds. These are called Bodhisattva deeds, and principal among them are the six perfections: 1.Giving ...
( Category: Inspirational January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-03-15 | Author:Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang [Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang]

Some people think that stringent rules and virtuous deeds are the essence of Buddhism, but these are only a small component of Buddha’s skillful and abundant methods. He knew that ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Rinpoche, Dudjom & Dorje, Jigdrel Yeshe [Rinpoche, Dudjom]

II. CLARIFICATION OF THE POINTS OF THE TRAINING IN THIS CASE Relax physically, verbally, and mentally, and reflect as follows: “Just as one could never fix the dimensions of space ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-06-16 | Author:Berzin, Alexander [Berzin, Alexander]

Whether or not we keep a distance from disturbing or abusive teachers, it is important to try to stop dwelling on their perplexing behavior or faults. Obsession with such matters ...
( Category: Education January 22,2015 )