- Courageous Compassion
- Cover Page
- Advance Praise for Courageous Compassion
- The Library of Wisdom and Compassion
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron
- Abbreviations
- Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Part I. How to Live with Compassion: The Bodhisattva Perfections
- 2. Living as a Bodhisattva: The Perfections of Generosity, Ethical Conduct, and Fortitude
- 3. Living as a Bodhisattva: The Remaining Seven Perfections
- The Perfection of Joyous Effort
- The Perfection of Meditative Stability
- The Perfection of Wisdom
- The Three Understandings
- Space-Like and Illusion-Like Meditation on Emptiness
- Serenity and Insight
- The Importance of Insight
- The Perfection of Skillful Means
- The Perfection of Unshakable Resolve
- The Perfection of Power
- The Perfection of Pristine Wisdom
- Ultimate Bodhicitta
- Conclusion
- 4. Sharing the Dharma
- Four Ways of Gathering Disciples in Tibetan Buddhism
- Four Ways of Sustaining Favorable Relationships in the Pāli Tradition
- Four All-Embracing Bodhisattva Virtues in Chinese Buddhism
- Suggestions for Western Dharma Teachers
- The Essence of the Dharma and Its Cultural Forms
- Propagating the Dharma
- What to Teach in the West
- Teaching according to the Audience
- Translations and Rituals
- Many Ways to Benefit Sentient Beings
- Areas of Caution
- Respect for the Dharma
- Buddhadharma in Asia
- Dharma Centers
- 5. The Ten Perfections in the Pāli Tradition
- Part II. The Three Vehicles and Their Fruits
- 6. Breakthrough to Nirvāṇa: The Pāli Tradition
- The Three Vehicles
- Dhyānas and the Destruction of Pollutants
- Direct Knowledge, Full Understanding, and Realization
- The Four Pairs of Āryas
- Those Who Have Work to Do with Diligence and Those Who Do Not
- Purification and Knowledge
- Occasions for Attaining Liberation
- Four Kinds of Persons Who Attain Arhatship
- Liberation of Mind, Liberation by Wisdom
- Nirvāṇa and the Arhat
- Tathāgatas and Arhats
- 7. Fundamental Vehicle Paths and Fruits: The Sanskrit Tradition
- 8. The Paths of the Bodhisattva
- 9. Bodhisattva Grounds
- 10. Three Pure Bodhisattva Grounds
- Notes
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Index
- About the Authors
- Also Available from the Dalai Lama and Wisdom Publications
- Also Available from Thubten Chodron
- Copyright
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