of spiritual mentors, 390–91
with supreme of all aspects, 262–63
training in, 155, 164–65
in universal vehicle, 311–12
See also collection of wisdom
wisdom, perfection of, 344, 346, 347, 362–63, 364–65, 379
wisdom realizing emptiness
in Collection of Middle Way Reasoning texts, 4, 6
in cutting samsara, 101
development of, 45
faith and, 22–24
higher rebirths and, 38
ignorance and, 68
pacifying extreme views, 76
purpose of, 52
results from, 261–62
three vehicles and, 17
wisdom truth body, 190, 369
wish-fulfilling jewel, 384
wishlessness, 3–4
women, views on, 157, 172–73, 236–37
Y
Yogacharabhumi. See Levels of Yogic Practice (Asanga)
About the Author
Born in 1930, Khensur Jampa Tegchok became a monk at the age of eight. He studied major Buddhist treatises at Sera Monastic University in Tibet for fourteen years before fleeing his homeland in 1959. The former abbot of the Jé College of Sera Monastic University in India, he was also a beloved teacher at several FPMT centers including Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy, Land of Medicine Buddha in California, and Nalanda Monastery in France. He is the author of Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage: An Explanation of the Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas, Insight into Emptiness, and Commentary on Seven-Point Mind Training. Khensur Tegchok passed away in October of 2014.
About the Editor
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron is an American Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. Ordained in 1977, she is a student of H. H. the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan masters. She teaches Buddhism internationally, is the author of many Dharma books, including Buddhism for Beginners, and is the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastic community in Washington State, USA, where she lives. See thubtenchodron.org and sravasti.org.
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Names: Jampa Tegchok, Geshe, 1930– author. | Thubten Chodron, 1950– editor.
Title: Practical ethics and profound emptiness: a commentary on Nagarjuna’s Precious garland / Khensur Jampa Tegchok; translated by Bhikshu Steve Carlier; edited by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron.
Description: Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016031569 (print) | LCCN 2017001249 (ebook) | ISBN 9781614293248 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 1614293244 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781614293354 () | ISBN 161429335X ()
Subjects: LCSH: Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century. Ratnāvalī. | Mādhyamika (Buddhism) — Early works to 1800.
Classification: LCC BQ2877 .J3613 2017 (print) | LCC BQ2877 (ebook) | DDC 294.3/85 — dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031569
ISBN 978-1-61429-324-8 ebook ISBN 978-1-61429-335-4
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