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The Kadma School, which emerged from the teachings of the Indian master Atisa and his principal student, Dromtonpa, is revered for its unique practical application of the bodhisattva's altruistic ideal in day-to-day life. One of the most well-known sets of spiritual teachings stemming from Atisa and Dromtonpa is a special collection of oral transmissions enshrined in the two-volume Book of Kadam (Bka' gdams glegs bam). The texts in this volume include the core texts of The Book of Kadam, notably the twenty-three-chapter dialogue between Atisa and Dromtonpa that is woven around Atisa's Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland. Sometimes referred to as the Kadam emanation scripture, The Book of Kadam is indisputedly one of the greatest works of Tibetan Buddhism. This volume contains (1) Atisa's Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland, (2) the twenty-three chapters of the Jewel Garland of Dialogues, (3) Dromtonpa's Self-Exhortation, (4) Elucidation of the Heart-Drop Practice by Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen (1223 - 1305), (5) four selected chapters from Dromtonpa's birth stories, (6) two brief verse summaries of the Book of Kadam, one by the second Dalai Lama (1476-1542) and the other by Yongzin Yeshe Gyaltsen (1713-93), and (7) Sayings of the Kadam
Masters, compiled by Chegom Sherap Dorje (ca. twelfth century).
Although the Kadam school no longer exists as an autonomous lineage within Tibetan Buddhism, its teachings have become fully incorporated into the teachings of all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Geluk School.
Book of Kadam: The Core Texts, Atisa Dipamkara (982-1054) and Dromtonpa, Wisdom Publications, Hardcover, 2008, 768 pages, $59.95
Thupten Jinpa Langri was educated in the classical Tibetan monastic academia and received the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharam (equivalent to a doctorate in divinity). Jinpa also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1985, he has been the principal translator to the Dalai Lama, accompanying him to the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has translated and edited many books by the Dalai Lama, including The World of Tibetan Buddhism, Essence of the Heart Sutra, and the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium.Jinpa has published scholarly articles on various aspects of Tibetan culture, Buddhism, and philosophy, and books such as Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Poems of Awakening and Insight (co-authored) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought. He serves on the advisory board of numerous educational and cultural organizations in North America, Europe, and India. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to translating key Tibetan classics into contemporary languages. And he also currently chairs the Mind and Life Institute and the Compassion Institute.
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Introduction
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1
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Technical Note
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33
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| Part 1 |
The Father Teachings
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| I |
Tree of Faith: A Self-Exhortation: Dromtonpa (1005-64)
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37
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| II |
Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland: Atisa Dipamkara (982-1054)
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61
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| III |
The Jewel Garland of Dialogues
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Title, Homage, and Preamble
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| 1. |
Making Prostrations to the Distinguished Objects of Veneration
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74
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| 2. |
How Instructions on the Four Divinities Were Conferred
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80
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How to Choose the Three Sacred Scriptural Baskets
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95
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How to Strive by Engaging in Activity
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110
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How to Guard the Doors of the Senses and Hold Your Mind
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How All Blame Lies in a Single Point
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How to Relinquish the Objects of Abandonment and Engage in the Virtues
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127
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The Riches of the Noble Ones and the Khakkhara Staff
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Songs of Perfect Purity
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Cultivating through Honor and the Perfect Mode of Seeing
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161
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How to Nurture Sublime Beings and Their Deeds
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169
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How to Hoist Your Robes to Cross the Mires of Desire
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How the Heritage of the Pure Way of Life Was Requested
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Meditating on Perfect Equanimity of Excitation and Mental Laxity through Severing the Root of Suffering
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How to Train the Mind within the Expanse of Appearance, Emptiness, and Empty Echoes
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How He Engaged in the Hidden Conduct and So On
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Not Forsaking the Pledges and the Excellence of the Perfect Spiritual Tradition
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How to Help Guard Others' Minds
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Constantly Working for Others' Welfare
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Practicing the Profound Teaching without Defaming Other Teachings
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Dedication and Purifying Negative Karma
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Subsuming [All Higher Qualities] into Seven Riches and Bequeathing Them
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The Two Examinations
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Colophon
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390
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Elucidation of the Heart-Drop Practice: Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen (1223-1305)
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395
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The Son Teachings
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The Spiritual Mentor's Birth as the Brahman Youth Ujjvala
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455
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The Spiritual Mentor's Birth as Prince Asanga in Kausambhi
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477
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The Spiritual Mentor's Birth as the Youth Sanghavardana in Magadha's Lotus Region
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499
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The Spiritual Mentor's Birth as Prince Saranadatta in the Town of Sukhavat
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507
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Supplementary Texts
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| IX |
Summary Points of the Book of Kadam: Gendun Gyatso, Second Dalai Lama (1476-1542)
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521
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Heart-Instructions of The Book of Kadam: Yongzin Yeshe Gyaltsen (1713-93)
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Sayings of the Kadam Masters: Compiled by Chegom Sherap Dorje (ca. twelfth century)
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Table of Tibetan Transliteration
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611
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Notes
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Glossary
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665
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Bibliography
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681
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Index
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693
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