by Pema Chodron
requirements for
situations in which we can practice it
troublemakers and
Patrul Rinpoche
perfections, six. See paramita(s)
permanence. See impermanence
pleasure. See also bliss; happiness; joy; rejoicing
poor people. See also poverty
possessions
attachment to
futility of obsession with
Potter, Harry
poverty. See also poor people
poverty mentality
powers, four
praise
as one of the eight worldly concerns
rejoicing and
prejudice
pride/arrogance. See also confidence; empathy, for people we consider “lower”; equality, of self and other; self-importance
danger of
overcoming
positive vs. negative pride
“primal substance,”
prostrations
purity, threefold
qualities, field of
queens
realms, six
rejoicement therapy
rejoicing
relationships
remedial action
rest
restitution
reward. See merit
Rinpoche
rishis
sacred Law
sadness
“positive,”
Samantabhadra
Sambhava, Shri
samsara. See also six realms
being caught in the dungeons of
cycle of
defined
developing heartbreak with
freeing oneself from
“good things” of
lingering in
as practice ground
revulsion with
wandering in
samsaric existence, pain of
samsaric mindset
samsaric patterns, repeating
samsaric warrior
sangha
Self
self
false security of a separate. See also separateness, myth of
fictitious
love of
relationship with
self-absorption
pain of
self-centeredness. See also equality, of self and other; selfishness; separateness, myth of
freeing oneself from
bliss and
bodhichitta and
bodhisattva training and
ego and
empathy and
intention not to hurt others and
rejoicing in others’ good qualities as
harm caused by
pain as increasing
self-contempt
antidotes for
despondency of
self-doubt
self-esteem. See also confidence; shame
self-forgiveness
self-importance. See also equality, of self and other; pride/arrogance
bases of
self-lessness. See also equality, of self and other
self-protective tendencies
self-reflection. See also tonglen
of Shantideva
self-sacrifice. See also generosity; giving
selfishness. See also self-centeredness
“wise” vs. foolish
separateness
myth of. See also equality, of self and other
sevenfold offerings. See offerings
sexual desire. See also marriage
monks and
shamatha
defined
mental stability of
and taming the mind
Shambhala Vision
shame. See also self-esteem negative vs. positive
Shantideva. See also specific topics enthronement
meaning of his name
self-reflection
teaching methods
sharing. See generosity
Shariputra
shenpa
defined
getting hooked by
letting go of
nature of
sexual desire and
subtlest level of
things that provoke
shenpa logic
shepherds
sheshin
shravaka(s)
“sin” and “sinners,”. See also evil; karma; troublemakers
six realms
solitude
benefits of
death and
sorrow, field of
soul
South Africa, apartheid in
speaking
spiritual development
steadfastness
strengths, four
stress reduction
suffering/pain. See also empathy; hell; karma; kleshas
benefits and values of
“bourgeois,”
breathing in others’
Buddha on
causes
cessation/reduction of
Buddhism and
desire to avoid discomfort
desire to relieve others’ suffering
discipline and
key to
making offerings and
pleasure from relieving others’ suffering
choosing
effects of
fear of
opening vs. closing one’s heart to others’. See also empathy
Supushpachandra
surrender. See also letting go
sutras
Suzuki Roshi
teacher(s)
repaying the kindness of our
role of
Teresa, Mother
thinking bigger
thinking long
Thrangu Rinpoche
three-bite practice
Tilopa
tolerance
tonglen
Buddha and
defined
trenpa
troublemakers. See also “sin” and “sinners”
value of
Trungpa Rinpoche, Chögyam
on anger
on blessings
on burden
on dedicating merit
on enlightenment
flexibility and
on gathering merit
on goodness
on karma
last years
on laziness
on leading our lives as an experiment
on mahayana
on merit and possessiveness
on the path
personal life
on speech
on spiritual journey
on surrendering
on three noble principles
as translator
unity. See separateness, myth of
urgency, sense of
Uttarakuru
Vajradhvaja Sutra
Vajrapani
validation, why it’s futile to continually seek
vigilance. See alertness; mindfulness
violence. See also aggression; war response to
virtue. See also paramita(s); specific virtues
delight in
gathering
virtuous actions
wakefulness
war
warrior tradition and war images
Washington, Booker T.
wealth. See also poor people; poverty
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When Things Fall Apart (Chödrön)n
wholesome disillusion
wind, as metaphor for enthusiasm
wisdom
awakening
reliance on basic
women
demon
in India and Southeast Asia
masculinity and
working
directly vs. indirectly
worldly concerns
eight
Yama
yanas three
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