- In Praise of Great Compassion
- Cover Page
- Advance Praise for In Praise of Great Compassion
- The Library of Wisdom and Compassion
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Four Immeasurables
- The Four Immeasurables in the Pāli Tradition
- The Three Higher Trainings and the Four Immeasurables
- Introduction to the Four Divine Abodes
- Meditation on Love
- Counteracting Animosity and Anger
- Continuing the Meditation on Love
- Cultivating Love Benefits Self and Others
- Meditation on Compassion
- Meditation on Empathic Joy
- Meditation on Equanimity
- Types of Equanimity
- The Four Divine Abodes and Insight
- Near and Far Enemies of the Four Immeasurables
- The Four Immeasurables in the Mahāyāna
- The Four Immeasurables in the Vajrayāna
- An Intimate Feeling with All Beings
- 2. The Altruistic Intention of Bodhicitta
- 3. How to Cultivate Bodhicitta: The Seven Cause-and-Effect Instructions
- 4. Equalizing and Exchanging Self and Others
- 5. Becoming a Bodhisattva
- 6. Homage to Great Compassion
- 7. Aspiring and Engaging Bodhicitta
- 8. Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta in Chinese Buddhism
- Love and Compassion — Prerequisites to Bodhicitta
- Causes and Conditions to Generate Bodhicitta
- Ten Factors to Spur the Generation of Bodhicitta
- Vasubandhu on Cultivating Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow
- Exhortation to Resolve on Buddhahood
- Cultivating the Three Types of Mind and the Five Great Vows
- The Four Great Vows
- The Bodhisattva Ethical Code in Chinese Buddhism
- The Bodhisattva Ethical Code in Japanese Buddhism
- Bodhicitta, True Suchness, and Buddha Nature
- The Five Stages of Cultivating Bodhicitta
- 9. Bodhicitta and Bodhisattvas in the Pāli Tradition
- 10. Mind Training
- Notes
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Index
- About the Authors
- Also Available from the Dalai Lama and Wisdom Publications
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- Copyright
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