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by Chogyam Trungpa


  1. Trust

  2. Faith

  3. Devotion

  4. Complete openness / lo-te lingkyur

  5. Daringness

  Chapter 9. A Total Surrendering of Samsaric Logic

  Three Gates of Entering into the Vajrayana

  1. Body

  2. Speech

  3. Mind

  Chapter 10. The Power of Devotion

  View of Ourselves in the Three Yanas

  1. Hinayana / abundance of pain and heaps

  2. Mahayana / abundance of fixations

  3. Vajrayana / fear of profound meaning

  Two Aspects of Devotion

  1. Longing / möpa

  2. Respect / küpa

  PART THREE. THE TÜLKU PRINCIPLE AND THE TRUNGPA TÜLKUS

  Chapter 11. The Tülku Principle

  The Three Kayas (Trikaya)

  1. Dharmakaya

  2. Sambhogakaya

  3. Nirmanakaya

  Different Kinds of Tülkus

  1. Blessed tülkus

  2. Anonymous tülkus

  3. Direct tülkus

  Chapter 12. The Early Trungpas

  Trung Ma-se (15th century)

  First Trungpa / Künga Gyaltsen (early 15th century)

  Second Trungpa / Künga Sangpo (b. 1464)

  Third Trungpa / Künga Öser (15th–16th centuries)

  Fourth Trungpa / Künga Namgyal (1567–1629)

  Fifth Trungpa / Tenpa Namgyal (1633–1712)

  Chapter 13. The Later Trungpas

  Sixth Trungpa / Tendzin Chökyi Gyatso (1715–1734 est.)

  Seventh Trungpa / Jampal Chökyi Gyatso (1743–1768 est.)

  Eighth Trungpa / Gyurme Tenphel (b. 1771)

  Ninth Trungpa / Tenpa Rabgye (19th century)

  Tenth Trungpa / Chökyi Nyin-je (1875–1938)

  Eleventh Trungpa / Chökyi Gyatso (1940–1987)

  Twelfth Trungpa / Chökyi Senge (b. 1989)

  PART FOUR. ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS

  Chapter 14. Unconditional Ground

  Two Aspects of Experiencing Vajra Nature

  1. Ku / body aspect

  2. Yeshe / jnana / shining and monitoring aspect

  Threefold Vajra Nature (Vajra Being)

  1. Vajra body

  2. Vajra speech

  3. Vajra mind

  Twofold Freedom

  1. Freedom from samsara

  2. Freedom from nirvana

  Chapter 15. Transcending Mental Concepts

  Two Types of Lo

  1. Ordinary lo

  a. Lo-pham / disappointment

  b. Lo-te / trustworthiness

  2. Transcendental lo

  Lodrö / established minding

  Chapter 16. Fundamental Magic

  Three Root Kleshas

  1. Passion

  2. Aggression

  3. Ignorance

  Five Vajrayana Sayings

  1. Rikpa free from sem

  2. Buddha without breath

  3. Meditation without thought, but luminous

  4. Action without fixation or desire

  5. View without desire

  Chapter 17. The Play of Space and Form

  Four Levels of Space

  1. Dorje ying / vajradhatu / indestructible space

  2. Ranjung gi yeshe / self-existing wisdom

  3. Dö-me ying / primordial space

  4. Dharmadhatu / intricate space

  Three Levels of Form

  1. Dharmakaya / the body of dharma

  2. Sambhogakaya / the body of joy

  3. Nirmanakaya / emanation body

  Chapter 18. The Eight States of Consciousness and the Trikaya Principle

  The Trikaya

  1. Dharmakaya / mind without fixation

  2. Sambhogakaya / clear perception of the phenomenal world

  3. Nirmanakaya / natural existence

  The Eight States of Consciousness

  1. Seeing consciousness

  2. Hearing consciousness

  3. Smelling consciousness

  4. Tasting consciousness

  5. Touching consciousness

  6. Mind consciousness

  7. Klesha consciousness

  8. Alaya consciousness

  PART FIVE. COMPLETE COMMITMENT

  Chapter 19. Samaya: Making a Commitment

  Commitment in the Three Yanas

  1. Hinayana refuge vow

  Three Refuges

  a. Buddha / the example

  b. Dharma / the path

  c. Sangha / companionship

  2. Mahayana bodhisattva vow Six Paramitas

  a. Generosity

  b. Discipline

  c. Patience

  d. Exertion

  e. Meditation

  f. Prajna (wisdom)

  3. Vajrayana samaya vow

  Chapter 20. Positive Entrapment

  Threefold Nailing

  1. The guru

  2. The yidam

  3. The student

  Threefold Tantric Samaya

  1. Technique

  2. Devotion

  3. Being beyond technique

  Chapter 21. The Different Types of Samaya

  Three Aspects of Samaya

  1. Seed samaya

  2. Upaya samaya

  3. Fruition samaya

  Samaya of Threefold Vajra Nature

  1. Samaya of vajra body / chagya kü tamtsik

  2. Samaya of vajra speech / trilbu sunggi tamtsik

  3. Samaya of vajra mind / dorje thukkyi tamtsik

  Vajra Master Samaya

  1. Samaya of body

  2. Samaya of speech

  3. Samaya of mind

  Chapter 22. Maintaining the Samaya Vow

  Threefold Samayashila Bond

  1. Bond to work on yourself

  2. Bond not to create suffering for yourself or other beings

  3. Bond to overcome the kleshas

  Two Levels of Discipline

  1. Workability

  2. Union of great joy and wisdom

  Chapter 23. Enlightenment and Its Opposite

  Chapter 24. Perfecting the Samaya Vow

  Profundity and Vastness

  1. Profundity or depth

  a. Fixation and grasping

  b. Grasping and fixation

  2. Vastness or breadth

  PART SIX. THE MANDALA PRINCIPLE

  Chapter 25. The Sphere of Self-Born Wisdom

  Self-Born Wisdom

  1. Free from speculation

  2. Unchanging and spontaneous

  The Iconography of the Mandala

  1. The charnel ground

  2. The center deity palace

  3. The four directions

  a. East / white or blue / dawn of vision

  b. South / yellow / richness

  c. West / red / magnetizing and joy

  d. North / green / action

  Samsaric Mandala

  The Six Realms

  1. Hell realm

  2. Hungry ghost realm

  3. Animal realm

  4. Human realm

  5. Jealous god realm

  6. God realm

  Chapter 26. The Mandala of the Five Buddha-Families

  The Five Buddha-Families

  1. Vajra family

  2. Ratna family

  3. Padma family

  4. Karma family

  5. Buddha family

  Qualities of the Five Buddha-Families

  For a listing of buddha-family qualities, see “Attributes of the Five Buddha-Families”

  Chapter 27. The Outer Mandala

  Threefold Mandala Principle

  1. Outer

  2. Inner

  3. Secret

  Four Styles of Entering into Reality

  1. Ayatanas

  The Twelve Ayatanas

  1–2. Eyes / sights

  3–4. Ears / sounds

  5–6. Nose / smells

  7–8. Tongue / tastes

  9–10. Body / touchable
objects

  11–12. Mind / mental objects

  2. Dhatus

  The Eighteen Dhatus (The Twelve Ayatanas Plus Consciousnesses)

  1–2–3. Eyes / sights / seeing consciousness

  4–5–6. Ears / sounds/ hearing consciousness

  7–8–9. Nose / smells / smelling consciousness

  10–11–12. Tongue / tastes / tasting consciousness

  13–14–15. Body / touchable objects / touching consciousness

  16–17–18. Mind / mental objects / mind consciousness

  3. Cognition

  4. Deeper perception

  Division of Ordinary World

  1. Friends / desirable

  2. Enemies / undesirable

  3. Neutrals / couldn’t care less

  Entering through the Four Gates of the Mandala

  1. Eastern gate / entering peacefully

  2. Southern gate / entering with richness

  3. Western gate / entering with passion

  4. Northern gate / entering with aggression

  Chapter 28. The Inner Mandala

  Constituents of the Inner Mandala

  The Five Skandhas

  1. Form

  2. Feeling

  3. Perception / impulse

  4. Concept / formation

  5. Consciousness

  The Five Kleshas

  1. Ignorance

  2. Aggression

  3. Pride

  4. Passion

  5. Jealousy

  The Five Wisdoms

  1. Wisdom of All-Encompassing Space / Center

  2. Mirrorlike Wisdom / East

  3. Wisdom of Equanimity / South

  4. Discriminating-Awareness Wisdom / West

  5. Wisdom of All-Accomplishing Actions / North

  Three Constituents of the Body from the View of Inner Mandala

  1. Prana

  2. Nadi

  3. Bindu

  Chapter 29. The Secret Mandala

  Vajrayana Magic

  1. Magic of encountering the vajrayana

  2. Magic of meeting a teacher

  3. Magic of practice

  PART SEVEN. PRELIMINARY PRACTICES

  Chapter 30. The Four Reminders

  The Four Reminders

  1. Precious human birth

  a. Free

  Free from the Eight Unfavorable Conditions

  i. Living in the hell realm

  ii. Living in the hungry ghost realm

  iii. Living in the animal realm

  iv. Being a barbarian uninterested in spirituality

  v. Being a long-life god attached to temporary happiness

  vi. Holding wrong views

  vii. Being born at a time when the Buddha is absent

  viii. Being stupid and unable to express yourself

  b. Well-favored

  Possessing the Ten Positive Circumstances

  i. Being human

  ii. Being born in a country where one can meet holy persons

  iii. Having all the senses

  iv. Not reverting to evil deeds

  v. Having devotion to the teachings

  vi. A buddha has appeared in this world

  vii. A buddha has taught the dharma

  viii. The dharma continues to be taught

  ix. There are followers of the dharma

  x. There is love and support from others

  c. Difficult to find

  3. Death and impermanence

  4. Karmic cause and effect

  5. The torment of samsara

  Chapter 31. The Four Preliminaries

  The Four Preliminaries (Ngöndro)

  1. Prostrations

  2. Refuge formula

  3. Vajrasattva mantra recitation

  4. Mandala offering

  Two Accumulations

  a. Relative accumulation / material wealth / powers

  b. Absolute accumulation / yeshe

  Chapter 32. Guru Yoga

  Threefold Logic of Devotion

  1. Blessings / chinlap

  2. Changing your perception / nangwa-gyur

  3. Nonthought / tokpa gak

  PART EIGHT. EMPOWERMENT

  Chapter 33. Transmission

  Necessities for Relating with Vajrayana and the Vajrayana Teacher

  1. Playfulness

  2. Generosity

  Three Levels of Transmission

  1. Hinayana

  2. Mahayana

  3. Vajrayana

  Three Types of Confirmation

  1. Lung / access to powers of abhisheka

  2. Wang / abhisheka itself

  3. Tri / detailed instructions

  Chapter 34. Surrendering

  Two Levels of Transmission

  1. Popping your reserves

  2. Introducing freshness and ordinariness

  Chapter 35. Entering the Vajra Mandala

  Chapter 36. Stability, Luminosity, and Joy

  Working with the Trikaya Principle

  1. Dharmakaya / shamatha / formless kaya

  2. Sambhogakaya / vipashyana / form kaya

  3. Nirmanakaya / vipashyana / form kaya

  Levels of Great Joy

  1. Mahasukha of example

  2. Mahasukha of reality

  Chapter 37. The Four Main Abhishekas

  The Four Main Abhishekas

  1. Outer abhisheka / coronation

 

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