- Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron
- Abbreviations
- Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- 1. The Self, the Four Truths, and Their Sixteen Attributes
- 2. Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Truth of Duḥkha
- 3. True Origins of Duḥkha
- 4. Afflictions, Their Arising, and Their Antidotes
- 5. Afflictions and Karma, Their Seeds and Latencies
- 6. Karma, the Universe, and Evolution
- 7. Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
- Dependent Arising
- How Cyclic Existence Occurs
- 1. Ignorance (avidyā)
- 2. Formative Action (saṃskāra karman)
- 3. Consciousness (vijñāna)
- 4. Name and Form (nāma-rūpa)
- 5. Six Sources (ṣaḍāyatana)
- 6. Contact (sparśa)
- 7. Feeling (vedanā)
- 8. Craving (tṛṣṇā)
- 9. Clinging (upādāna)
- 10. Renewed Existence (bhava)
- 11. Birth (jāti)
- 12. Aging or Death (jarāmaraṇa)
- 8. Dependent Origination: Cycling in Saṃsāra
- 9. The Determination to Be Free
- 10. Seeking Genuine Peace
- 11. Freedom from Cyclic Existence
- 12. The Mind and Its Potential
- 13. Buddha Nature
- The Mind’s Potential according to the Pāli Tradition
- Ārya Disposition according to the Vaibhāṣikas and Sautrāntikas
- Buddha Nature according to the Cittamātra School
- Buddha Nature according to the Madhyamaka School
- Buddha Nature according to Tantra
- Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha
- Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha
- Three Aspects of Buddha Disposition
- A Puzzle
- 14. Going Deeper into Buddha Nature
- The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel and Buddha Nature
- A Link between Sūtra and Tantra
- Nothing Is to Be Removed
- The Capacity Giving Rise to the Three Kāyas
- A Buddha’s Nature Dharmakāya
- Pristine Wisdom Abiding in the Afflictions
- Causal Clear Light Mind
- What Continues to Awakening?
- Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā
- Are We Already Buddhas?
- Awareness of Our Buddha Nature Eliminates Hindrances
- Notes
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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