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Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior - Shantideva |
| Introductory Note on the Translation | | |
Translation |
| 1. The Benefits of Bodhichitta | chapter | eBook |
| 2. Openly Admitting Previous Negative Acts | chapter | eBook |
| 3. Gaining Hold of a Bodhichitta Aim | chapter | eBook |
| 4. Taking Care (about Bodhichitta) | chapter | eBook |
| 5. Safeguarding with Alertness | chapter | eBook |
| 6. Showing Patience | chapter | eBook |
| 7. Joyful Perseverance | chapter | eBook |
| 8. Far-Reaching Mental Stability | chapter | eBook |
| 9. Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness | chapter | eBook |
| 10. Dedication | chapter | eBook |
Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition) |
| Preface | | |
Part I: Dealing Constructively with Sensitivity Issues |
| 1 Identifying Sensitivity Imbalances | chapter | eBook |
| 2 Quieting the Mind and Generating Care | chapter | eBook |
| 3 Imagining Ideal Sensitivity | chapter | eBook |
| 4 Affirming and Accessing Our Natural Abilities | chapter | eBook |
| 5 Refraining from Destructive Behavior | chapter | eBook |
| 6 Combining Warmth with Understanding | chapter | eBook |
Part II: Uncovering the Talents of Our Mind and Heart |
| 7 Shifting Focus from Mind and from Ourselves to Mental Activity | chapter | eBook |
| 8 Appreciating the Clear Light Nature of Mental Activity | chapter | eBook |
| 9 Accessing the Natural Talents of Our Mind and Heart | chapter | eBook |
| 10 Applying the Five Types of Deep Awareness | chapter | eBook |
Part III: Dispelling Confusion about Appearances |
| 11 Validating the Appearances We Perceive | chapter | eBook |
| 12 Deconstructing Deceptive Appearances | chapter | eBook |
| 13 Four Exercises for Deconstructing Deceptive Appearances | chapter | eBook |
Part IV: Responding with Balanced Sensitivity |
| 14 Adjusting Our Innate Mental Factors | chapter | eBook |
| 15 Unblocking Our Feelings | chapter | eBook |
| 16 Making Sensitive Decisions | chapter | eBook |
Part V: Advanced Training |
| 17 Grasping at Mind's Natural Functions for Security | chapter | eBook |
| 18 Relaxing Triplistic Appearances of Mind's Natural Functions | chapter | eBook |
| 19 Dispelling Discomfort at the Eight Transitory Things in Life | chapter | eBook |
| 20 Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness | chapter | eBook |
| Bibliography | | |
The Sensitivity Handbook: Training Materials for Developing Balanced Sensitivity |
| Preface | | |
| General Structure for Each Training Session | | |
Part I: Dealing Constructively with Sensitivity Issues |
| Exercise 1: Identifying Sensitivity Imbalances | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 2a: Quieting the Mind | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 2b: Generating Care | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 3: Imagining Ideal Sensitivity | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 4: Affirming and Accessing Our Natural Abilities | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 5: Resolving to Refrain from Destructive Behavior | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 6: Combining Warmth with Understanding | chapter | eBook |
Part II: Uncovering the Talents of Our Mind and Heart |
| Exercise 7: Shifting Our Focus from Mind and from Ourselves to Mental Activity | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 8: Appreciating the Clear Light Nature of Mental Activity | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 9: Accessing the Natural Talents of Our Mind and Heart | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 10: Applying the Five Types of Deep Awareness | chapter | eBook |
Part III: Dispelling Confusion about Appearances |
| Exercise 11: Validating the Appearances We Perceive | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 12: Visualizing Life's Changes | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 13: Dissecting Experiences into Parts and Causes | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 14: Seeing Experiences as Waves on the Ocean | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 15: Combining Compassion with Deconstruction | chapter | eBook |
Part IV: Responding with Balanced Sensitivity |
| Exercise 16: Adjusting Our Innate Mental Factors | chapters | eBook |
| Exercise 17: Accepting Suffering and Giving Happiness | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 18: Making Sensitive Decisions | chapter | eBook |
Part V: Advanced Training |
| Exercise 19: Identifying the Syndromes of Grasping at Mind's Natural Functions for Security | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 20: Relaxing Triplistic Appearances of Mind's Natural Functions | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 21: Dispelling Discomfort at Eight Transitory Things in Life | chapter | eBook |
| Exercise 22: Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness | chapter | eBook |
Making Sense of Tantra |
Part I: Basic Questions and Doubts about Tantra |
| 1 The Meaning of Tantra | chapter | eBook |
| 2 The Authenticity of the Tantras | chapter | eBook |
| 3 The Use of Ritual in Tantra Practice | chapter | eBook |
| 4 Buddha-Figures | chapter | eBook |
| 5 Tantric Imagery | chapter | eBook |
Part II: Why Tantra Is More Efficient Than Sutra |
| 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General | chapter | eBook |
| 7 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Tantra | chapter | eBook |
| 8 Gelug Presentation of Anuttarayoga in General | chapter | eBook |
| 9 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Anuttarayoga | chapter | eBook |
| 10 Kalachakra | chapter | eBook |
The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire |
| Introduction: Historiographical Bias | | |
Part I: The Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 CE) |
| 1 The Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia and Adjacent Regions before the Advent of the Arabs | chapter | eBook |
| 2 Sogdia and Bactria on the Eve of the Umayyad Period | chapter | eBook |
| 3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia | chapter | eBook |
| 4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent | chapter | eBook |
| 5 Tibet on the Eve of the Arrival of the First Muslim Teacher | chapter | eBook |
| 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan | chapter | eBook |
Part II: The Early Abbasid Period (750 - Mid-Ninth Century CE) |
| 7 The Rise of the Abbasids and Decline of Tang China | chapter | eBook |
| 8 The Religious Conversions of the Eastern Turks | chapter | eBook |
| 9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs | chapter | eBook |
| 10 Islamic Sectarian Disputes and the Declaration of Jihads | chapter | eBook |
| 11 Tibetan Politico-Religious Maneuverings at the End of the Eighth Century | chapter | eBook |
| 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs | chapter | eBook |
Part III: The Spread of Islam among and by the Turkic Peoples (840 - 1206 CE) |
| 13 The Establishment of New Empires in Central Asia | chapter | eBook |
| 14 The Founding of the First Two Turkic Islamic States | chapter | eBook |
| 15 The Qarakhanid Campaign against Khotan | chapter | eBook |
| 16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan | chapter | eBook |
| 17 Tangut, Tibet, and Northern Song China in the Eleventh Century | chapter | eBook |
| 18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs | chapter | eBook |
| 19 Twelfth-Century Developments in Central Asia | chapter | eBook |
| 20 The Ghurid Campaigns on the Indian Subcontinent | chapter | eBook |
| Bibliography | | |
A Survey of Tibetan History |
| 1 The Empire of the Early Kings of Tibet | | |
| 2 The Struggle for Religious Survival after the Fall of the Tibetan Empire | | |
| 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons | | |
| 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies | | |