Originally published as Entering the Stream, this book offers a simple and inspiring answer to the question "What is the Buddha's teaching?" primarily in the words of the Buddha and other masters. This anthology draws on traditional Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan sources as well as teachings by contemporary Buddhist masters. Among the contributors, both classical and modern, are:
Ajahn Chah, Pema Chodron, The Second Dalai Lama, Dogen, S.N. Goenka, Dainin Katagiri, Hakuyu Taizan M'zumi, Milarepa, Padmasambhava, Reginald Ray, Shunryu Suzuki, Nyanaponika Thera, Thich Nhat Hanh, Chogyam Trungpa, Burton Watson.
The Buddha and His Teachings, Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 334 pages, $21.95
Sam Bercholz is a senior teacher in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and has been teaching Buddhist meditation and philosophy for over forty years. He holds the lineages of both Ch�gyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Thinley Norbu Rinpoche who both empowered him to teach dharma.
Sam�s recent book is about his near �death experience and journey to a hellish bardo state. After a sextuple coronary bypass surgery, Mr. Bercholz experienced a vision of the underworld, a place of unending suffering where human souls go to meet their karmic retribution. Mr. Bercholz relayed his story to the renowned Tibetan artist Pema Namdol Thaye, and the result is truly astounding. Part Dante�s Inferno, part Tibetan Book of the Dead, part Hellboy, the images graphically transport the reader and viewer into the horrifying world Bercholz describes. These paintings are complex, unforgettable, and truly unique, and several prestigious art institutions have already signed for special exhibitions of this work.
SHERAB CHODZIN KOHN taught Buddhism and meditation for more than thirty years, and he edited a number of the books of his teacher, the Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa. Coeditor of the bestselling anthology The Buddha and His Teachings, he also published numerous translations, including an acclaimed version of Hermann Hesse�s Siddhartha.
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
PART ONE: THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA AND THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
1. The Life of the Buddha Sherab Chodzin Kohn 3
2. A Short History of Buddhism Sherab Chodzin Kohn 45
PART TWO: BASIC TEACHINGS
Introduction 57
3. The Buddha's Teaching Bhikku Bodhi 61
4. Words of the Buddha Translated by Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya 66
5. The Development of Ego Chogyam Trungpa 73
6. Seeing Things As They Are Nyanaponika Thera 83
7. Our Real Home Ajahn Char 86
8. Moral Conduct, Concentration, and Wisdom S.N. Goenka 96
9. Karma and Its Fruit Nyanaponika Thera 122
10. The Practice of Recollection Bhikkhu Mangalo 130
11. Unlimited Friendliness: The Metta Sutta 141
PART THREE: THE TEACHINGS OF THE GREAT VEHICLE
Introduction 143
12. On Trust In the Mind Seng Ts'an, Translated by Burton Watson 147
13. The Heart Sutra Translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee 153
14. Exchanging Oneself for Others Gyalwa Gendun Gyatso, The Second Dalai Lama 157
15. Loving-Kindness Pema Chodron 165
16. The Bodhisattva Path Chogyam Trungpa 168
17. The Sutra Called Flawless Purity: A Dialogue with the Laywoman Gangottara Translated by Garma C. C. Chang 177
18. Looking At Living Beings Translated by Charles Luk 182
19. The Enlightenment of Hui-neng Translated by Wong Moulam 192
20. To Forget the Self Dogen Zenji, Translated by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi 205
21. Ten Bulls: The Zen Oxherding Pictures Kakuan, Translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps 211
22. Unfettered Mind Takuan Soho 223
23. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki 227
24. Emptiness Dainin Katagiri 240
25. Engaged Buddhism Thich Nhat Hanh 247
PART FOUR: THE TANTRIC TEACHINGS
Introduction 251
26. The Tantric Practitioner Chogyam Trungpa 253
27. The Temptress and the Monk Reginald A. Ray 259
28. The Union of Joy and Happiness Tilopa 266
29. Songs of Milarepa Translated by Karma Tsultrim Palmo 273
30. Ati: The Innermost Essence Jigme Lingpa 283
31. Chase Them Away! Patrul Rinpoche 289
32. The Refined Essence of Oral Instructions Padmasambrava, Recorded by Yeshe Tsogyal 295
33. Rebirth in the Buddhist Tradition Reginald A. Ray 301
Glossary 312
Bibliography: Suggested Further Readings 329
Credits 332
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