Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Preface
Editors Preface

1. Mind in Buddhism

An Inner Science
The Mind in Buddhist Texts
Monastic Study of the Mind
Why Study the Mind?
The Nature of Mind

Mind Is Not Body
Mind Is Clear and Knowing

Conclusion

2. Main Minds and Mental Factors

Main Minds

The Six Main Minds
The Sensory Main Minds

Mental Factors
Always-Present Mental Factors

Contact
Discernment
Feeling
Intention
Attention

Object-Ascertaining Mental Factors

Aspiration
Appreciation
Recollection
Concentration
Intelligence

3. Mental Afflictions

Variable Mental Factors

Sleep
Regret
General Examination
Precise Analysis

The Three Zones

The First Zone and the three Main Mental Afflictions

Ignorance
Attachment
Aversion

The Second Zone

The Third Zone

Looking at Individual Mental Factors
How the Derivative Mental Afflictions Arise

4. Dealing with Negative Emotions

The Cause of Anger
Anger and Logic
Meditating on Anger
Developing Equanimity
Offering the Victory to Others
Developing Patience
Developing Love

5. Wholesome Mental Factors

The Three Fundamental Positive Mental Factors
The Traditional Eleven Positive Mental Factors
The Pyramid of the Three Trainings
Positive Mental Factors in the Second Zone

The Noble Eightfold Path in the Three Zones
Compassion and Self-Confidence

Positive Mental Factors in the Third Zone
Work Toward Long-term Goals

6. Epistemology: Conception and Perception

Epistemology in Buddhism
Conception

Conceptual Thoughts Engage Through Elimination
Conceptual Thoughts Are Always Mistaken
Conceptual Thoughts Provide Cognitive Content
Implicative and Nonimplicative Negation
How the Mind Generalizes

Perception

Aspect
Comparing Perceptual and Conceptual Minds

Valid Cognition

Pramana
The Etymology of Pramana
Nondeceptiveness
Novelty
Inferential Valid Cognitions

7. Moving Toward Knowledge

The Sevenfold Division

Wrong Consciousnesses
Doubting Consciousnesses
Non-Ascertaining Consciousnesses
Correctly Assuming Consciousnesses
Subsequent Cognizers
Inferential Cognizers
Valid Direct Perceivers

Differences in Process Between Wisdom and Method

Appendix: The Fifty-one Mental Factors

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought