The Tree of Enlightenment

More documents

Recommendations

Info

CONTENTS About the Author....................................................................................................................viii Author’s Note .....................................................................................................................................x Part One he undamentals of uddhism Chapter One Buddhism: A Modern Perspective......................................................................... 14 Chapter Two e Pre-Buddhist Background ....................................................................................25 Chapter ree e Life of the Buddha .......................................................................................................36 Chapter Four e Four Noble Truths ....................................................................................................... 44 Chapter Five Morality ................................................................................................................................................64 Chapter Six Mental Development ............................................................................................................. 74 Chapter Seven Wisdom..................................................................................................................................................84 Chapter Eight Karma......................................................................................................................................................95 Chapter Nine Rebirth.................................................................................................................................................106 Chapter Ten Interdependent Origination .........................................................................................119 iv
Chapter Eleven e ree Universal Characteristics.................................................................. 129 Chapter Twelve e Five Aggregates .............................................................................................................141 Chapter irteen e Fundamentals in Practice .................................................................................. 148 Part Two he ahayana Chapter Fourteen e Origins of the Mahayana Tradition ........................................................151 Chapter Fifteen e Lotus Sutra.........................................................................................................................160 Chapter Sixteen e Heart Sutra.........................................................................................................................169 Chapter Seventeen e Lankavatara Sutra .......................................................................................................178 Chapter Eighteen e Philosophy of the Middle Way.................................................................... 186 Chapter Nineteen e Philosophy of Mind Only...................................................................................198 Chapter Twenty e Development of Mahayana Philosophy............................................209 Chapter Twenty-One Mahayana Buddhism in Practice ........................................................................ 220 v
Page 1 and 2: The Tree of Enlightenment Dr Peter
Page 6 and 7: Part ree he ajrayana Chapter Twenty
Page 8 and 9: out the uthor P eter Della Santina
Page 10 and 11: uthor’s ote F rom 1983 to 1985 wh
Page 12 and 13: ship. Finally, I want to thank all
Page 14 and 15: CHAPTER ONE uddhism: odern erspeiv
Page 16 and 17: mind, while in traditionally Buddhi
Page 18 and 19: is story illustrates the practical
Page 20 and 21: one’s own personal experience is
Page 22 and 23: e procedure adopted here is analyti
Page 24 and 25: transformation, whereas in Buddhism
Page 26 and 27: emained separate and distinct, but
Page 28 and 29: coveries at Mohenjo-daro and Harapp
Page 30 and 31: Whereas in the religion of the Indu
Page 32 and 33: look at some of the prominent facts
Page 34 and 35: Buddhism was a protest against, or
Page 36 and 37: CHAPTER THREE e ife of the uddha N
Page 38 and 39: inated by the correctives of renunc
Page 40 and 41: Siddhartha, being the faster runner
Page 42 and 43: permanently put an end to suffering
Page 44 and 45: CHAPTER FOUR e our oble ruths W ith
Page 46 and 47: the formula of the Four Noble Truth
Page 48 and 49: measures to remedy the disease. Suc
Page 50 and 51: lives often brings us into contact
Page 52 and 53: all right, but it would be still be
Page 54 and 55:
as we take the tree stump to be a p
Page 56 and 57:
ply because we have not experienced
Page 58 and 59:
emedy the situation here and now, t
Page 60 and 61:
earth, water, fire, and air, the su
Page 62 and 63:
overly tight string produces an unp
Page 64 and 65:
CHAPTER FIVE orality I n Chapter 4
Page 66 and 67:
you will find that the basic rules
Page 68 and 69:
In this context, right speech impli
Page 70 and 71:
ever, some of the developments in r
Page 72 and 73:
Very briefly, these are the origin,
Page 74 and 75:
CHAPTER SIX ental evelopment I n th
Page 76 and 77:
ing the way we experience things an
Page 78 and 79:
itself. Indeed, if you look at the
Page 80 and 81:
Recognizing the value and importanc
Page 82 and 83:
the mind on the object without dist
Page 84 and 85:
CHAPTER SEVEN isdom W ith this chap
Page 86 and 87:
Buddhism, faith is preliminary and
Page 88 and 89:
when you are sure you have understo
Page 90 and 91:
will experience the happy effects o
Page 92 and 93:
greed, anger, envy, and jealousy. I
Page 94 and 95:
of samsara, the cycle of birth and
Page 96 and 97:
others are less fortunate, why some
Page 98 and 99:
In the same way, according to the l
Page 100 and 101:
Here we can see at work the princip
Page 102 and 103:
Similarly, there are five alternati
Page 104 and 105:
in heaven can we escape our karma.
Page 106 and 107:
CHAPTER NINE ebirth I n this chapte
Page 108 and 109:
convincing case for the reality of
Page 110 and 111:
death, we are reborn at every momen
Page 112 and 113:
ey suffer from the human beings who
Page 114 and 115:
ealms is undesirable. e three lower
Page 116 and 117:
continue to circle endlessly among
Page 118 and 119:
tinuity of cause and effect exists,
Page 120 and 121:
On the basis of the Buddha’s own
Page 122 and 123:
in this life result in rebirth in a
Page 124 and 125:
less lives, combined with new actio
Page 126 and 127:
impurities are eliminated, actions
Page 128 and 129:
objective is admirably achieved thr
Page 130 and 131:
can understand that fire is hot and
Page 132 and 133:
is process of the constant change o
Page 134 and 135:
emember the certainty of our own de
Page 136 and 137:
their techniques of meditation and
Page 138 and 139:
Although we know that certain thoug
Page 140 and 141:
And when wisdom arises, we experien
Page 142 and 143:
for a collection of trees. In this
Page 144 and 145:
to turn an indefinite experience in
Page 146 and 147:
We discussed this in Chapter 11, wh
Page 148 and 149:
CHAPTER THIRTEEN e undamentals in r
Page 150 and 151:
art wo e ahayana
Page 152 and 153:
to have taught innumerable living b
Page 154 and 155:
dissemination of the Dharma. During
Page 156 and 157:
school of realistic pluralism known
Page 158 and 159:
is compassion for all living beings
Page 160 and 161:
CHAPTER FIFTEEN e otus utra T he pe
Page 162 and 163:
physician who has been away from ho
Page 164 and 165:
Just as each plant benefits from ra
Page 166 and 167:
nations of his children, the father
Page 168 and 169:
But because our ambitions and aspir
Page 170 and 171:
the Mahayana tradition. It is also
Page 172 and 173:
e passage from wisdom to the perfec
Page 174 and 175:
independent existence of things. On
Page 176 and 177:
ory as well as to meditation. In th
Page 178 and 179:
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN e ankavatara utra
Page 180 and 181:
speaks does not participate in thes
Page 182 and 183:
and nirvana, both the phenomenal wo
Page 184 and 185:
(1) the transcendental dimension is
Page 186 and 187:
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN e hilosophy of the
Page 188 and 189:
the sutras, and in the approach of
Page 190 and 191:
It is interesting to note that thes
Page 192 and 193:
far as cause and effect are identic
Page 194 and 195:
say that perception is proved by it
Page 196 and 197:
there’: they depend, rather, on t
Page 198 and 199:
CHAPTER NINETEEN e hilosophy of ind
Page 200 and 201:
opment of Buddhist thought. We all
Page 202 and 203:
milk, but it would appear as nectar
Page 204 and 205:
ern science. e atom as well as its
Page 206 and 207:
the source of the phenomenalizing a
Page 208 and 209:
to cause and effect, to samsara. e
Page 210 and 211:
that the philosophy of emptiness wa
Page 212 and 213:
Just as this was taking place withi
Page 214 and 215:
ience suffused by great bliss. Whil
Page 216 and 217:
it white, blue, or otherwise?’ Su
Page 218 and 219:
the apparatus needed to produce a m
Page 220 and 221:
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ahayana uddhism
Page 222 and 223:
for the practice of unwholesome act
Page 224 and 225:
mothers to you, should continue to
Page 226 and 227:
dom. Similarly, without a concentra
Page 228 and 229:
tary reassociation with fictitious
Page 230 and 231:
ese three bodies or dimensions of B
Page 232 and 233:
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO e rigins of the
Page 234 and 235:
Let us spend a moment on the origin
Page 236 and 237:
throughout India. Nagarjuna and Asa
Page 238 and 239:
Asanga asked, ‘Where have you bee
Page 240 and 241:
was also a professor at Nalanda. On
Page 242 and 243:
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE hilosophical a
Page 244 and 245:
y a magician using certain magical
Page 246 and 247:
e object now appears to him without
Page 248 and 249:
Mahayana both in its starting point
Page 250 and 251:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR ethodology A s
Page 252 and 253:
death, whereas nirvana is unconditi
Page 254 and 255:
and nirvana is intellectual or dire
Page 256 and 257:
us we can see that not only are obj
Page 258 and 259:
lizes a variety of phenomena, and t
Page 260 and 261:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE yth and ymbolis
Page 262 and 263:
necklaces of severed heads, ornamen
Page 264 and 265:
of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.
Page 266 and 267:
alike, the name of a thing is a sou
Page 268 and 269:
Red, which is the color of fire, is
Page 270 and 271:
On the broadest level, we have been
Page 272 and 273:
e idea of interpenetration is found
Page 274 and 275:
the realm of the hell beings. It is
Page 276 and 277:
sees no distinction between samsara
Page 278 and 279:
ody of each individual person. ey a
Page 280 and 281:
You can see how, in the Vajrayana t
Page 282 and 283:
(4) death and impermanence, and (5)
Page 284 and 285:
that these general preliminaries ar
Page 286 and 287:
and others require alternative ritu
Page 288 and 289:
of conditioned reality, they do not
Page 290 and 291:
it is then the task of the practiti
Page 292 and 293:
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT e ajrayana nit
Page 294 and 295:
formation of the five aggregates in
Page 296 and 297:
eserved for actually introducing th
Page 298 and 299:
environment, the situation of the i
Page 300 and 301:
initiation. ese methods or keys are
Page 302 and 303:
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE ajrayana uddhis
Page 304 and 305:
ties, and his achievement of Buddha
Page 306 and 307:
the tutelary deity, in other words,
Page 308 and 309:
and the sound of the mantra so that
Page 310 and 311:
CHAPTER THIRTY n ntroduion to the b
Page 312 and 313:
is said that when he returned to ea
Page 314 and 315:
and so forth. is is the difference
Page 316 and 317:
ontology, which means the study of
Page 318 and 319:
ticularly interested here. ese are
Page 320 and 321:
esponsibility because if the self i
Page 322 and 323:
emained silent, and after a time Va
Page 324 and 325:
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ethodology I n t
Page 326 and 327:
already have some intellectual acqu
Page 328 and 329:
To arrive at the ultimate picture o
Page 330 and 331:
these component parts do not exist
Page 332 and 333:
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE nalysis of ons
Page 334 and 335:
(lokiya) and are concerned with the
Page 336 and 337:
ditioned by any of the three unwhol
Page 338 and 339:
we have fifty-four types of conscio
Page 340 and 341:
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR e orm and ormle
Page 342 and 343:
as evidence of the existence of a t
Page 344 and 345:
‘striking,’ or ‘mounting.’
Page 346 and 347:
formless-sphere absorption, which d
Page 348 and 349:
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE upramundane ons
Page 350 and 351:
ness (the fruit consciousness of th
Page 352 and 353:
consciousness, the fruit consciousn
Page 354 and 355:
e clarity of that flash remains for
Page 356 and 357:
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX nalysis of ental
Page 358 and 359:
to a particular object whereas atte
Page 360 and 361:
e third group of unwholesome mental
Page 362 and 363:
disassociated with knowledge, or as
Page 364 and 365:
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN nalysis of oug
Page 366 and 367:
Heedlessness is the source of death
Page 368 and 369:
ere are four types of physical thou
Page 370 and 371:
sciousness, too, are either wholeso
Page 372 and 373:
where he is. He stretches out his a
Page 374 and 375:
ply have subjective and objective f
Page 376 and 377:
porary thought about matter. Scient
Page 378 and 379:
sciousness. is intermediate positio
Page 380 and 381:
e only way we can avoid this plural
Page 382 and 383:
existence, (12) repetition, (13) ka
Page 384 and 385:
vious karma has an influence and se
Page 386 and 387:
lar way identifiable in terms of th
Page 388 and 389:
CHAPTER FORTY e irty-even aors of n
Page 390 and 391:
Mindfulness with regard to the body
Page 392 and 393:
Truths and in the destruction of th
Page 394 and 395:
iver the eastern part and the other
Page 396 and 397:
ment, equanimity is that integrated
Page 398 and 399:
are the keys to self-development, a
Page 400 and 401:
of right effort, right mindfulness,
Page 402:
conditioned, relative, and empty na
show all

The Tree of Enlightenment

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?