- Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron
- Abbreviations
- 1. Trustworthy Spiritual Guidance
- The Entrance to the Buddhist Path
- Reasons for Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
- The Mind’s Potential and the Existence of the Three Jewels
- The Three Jewels according to the Fundamental Vehicle
- The Three Jewels according to the Perfection Vehicle
- Eight Excellent Qualities of the Buddha Jewel
- Eight Excellent Qualities of the Dharma Jewel
- Eight Excellent Qualities of the Saṅgha Jewel
- Final and Provisional Refuges
- The Three Jewels according to the Vajra Vehicle
- 2. Qualities of the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha
- 3. Heartfelt Connection to the Three Jewels
- 4. The Higher Training in Ethical Conduct
- 5. Saṅgha: The Monastic Community
- The Value of the Monastic Community
- The Flourishing of the Dharma and the Existence of the Dharma
- The Intent and Purpose of Monastic Life
- Maintaining the Purity of the Saṅgha
- Tibetan Monastics and Monastic Institutions
- Challenges for Western Monastics
- Full Ordination for Women
- Advice for Monastics
- The Joy of Monastic Discipline
- 6. The Higher Training in Concentration and the Perfection of Meditative Stability
- 7. Obstacles and Antidotes
- 8. The Meditative Absorptions
- Cultivating Mundane Insight
- Meditative Absorptions of the Form Realm
- Meditative Absorptions of the Formless Realm
- Meditative Absorptions on the Four Truths
- The Eight Liberations
- The Nine Serial Absorptions
- The Superknowledges
- The Value of the Superknowledges for Bodhisattvas
- Serenity in Buddhist Practice
- Words of Advice
- 9. Concentration in the Pāli Tradition
- 10. The Practice of Serenity in Chinese Buddhism
- 11. Higher Training in Wisdom: The Role of Mindfulness and Introspective Awareness
- 12. The Four Establishments of Mindfulness: Body, Feelings, and Mind
- 13. The Four Establishments of Mindfulness: Phenomena
- Mindfulness of Phenomena
- Mindfulness of the Five Hindrances
- Mindfulness of the Five Aggregates
- Mindfulness of the Six Sources
- Mindfulness of the Seven Awakening Factors
- Mindfulness of the Four Truths
- Mindfulness in Vajrayāna
- Bodhisattvas’ Practice of the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
- The Selflessness of Phenomena and the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
- The Benefits of the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
- 14. The Thirty-Seven Harmonies with Awakening
- The Four Supreme Strivings
- The Four Bases of Spiritual Power
- The Five Faculties and Five Powers
- The Seven Awakening Factors
- The Āryas’ Eightfold Path
- Relationships among the Thirty-Seven Harmonies with Awakening
- The Thirty-Seven Harmonies and the Five Paths
- Conventional and Ultimate Thirty-Seven Harmonies
- The Thirty-Seven Harmonies for Fundamental Vehicle and Mahāyāna Practitioners
- The Thirty-Seven Harmonies in Tibetan Buddhism
- Notes
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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