- The Awakening Mind
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Preface
- 1. Awakening from the Sleep of Selfishness
- 2. Steps on the Path
- 3. The Intuitive Route to Selflessness
- The Main Mind of Bodhichitta
- The Two Mental Factors That Make Up Bodhichitta
- The Seven Points of Cause and Effect
- Establishing the Basis for Developing the Aspiration to Benefit All Beings
- All Beings Have Been Our Mothers
- Recalling the Kindness of Others
- Resolving to Repay the Kindness
- The Actual Method of Cultivating the Aspiration to Benefit All Beings
- The Cultivation of Affectionate Love
- The Cultivation of Compassion
- Special Intention
- Cultivating the Aspiration to Attain Full Enlightenment
- The Result
- 4. Turning Self-Cherishing Around
- The Rational Route to Compassion
- Equalizing Oneself with Others
- Understanding Suffering
- The Equality of All Beings
- Exchanging Oneself with Others
- Turning Self-Cherishing Around
- Choosing to Be Selfless
- The Power of Familiarity
- The Block of Seeing Self and Others as Different
- Taking and Giving
- The Actual Meditation
- The Combination of the Two Methods
- How the Two Methods Combine
- The Four Causes, The Four Conditions, and The Four Forces
- The Four Causes
- The Four Conditions
- The Four Forces
- 5. Enhancing the Awakening Mind
- Aspiring and Engaging Bodhichitta
- Holding Aspiring Bodhichitta with a Ritual
- The Bodhisattva Vows
- Differences Between the Three Vows
- Breaking and Restoring a Vow
- The Twenty-Two Types of Bodhichitta
- Maintaining and Enhancing Bodhichitta in This and Future Lifetimes
- Maintaining and Enhancing Bodhichitta in This Lifetime
- Maintaining and Enhancing Bodhichitta in Future Lifetimes
- Maintaining Bodhichitta through Mind Training
- 6. The Bodhisattva’s Activities
- The Six Perfections
- The Perfection of Generosity
- The Three Kinds of Generosity
- The Six Extraordinary Factors
- The Main Obstacles to Practicing Generosity
- The Perfection of Morality
- The Three Kinds of Morality
- The Perfection of Patience
- The Three Kinds of Patience
- The Perfection of Joyous Perseverance
- The Three Kinds of Joyous Perseverance
- The Perfections of Concentration and Wisdom
- The Four Means Of Drawing Sentient Beings to the Dharma
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Eight Verses on Mind Training
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
- The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
- Also Available from The Foundation of Buddhist Thought Series
- Copyright
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