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Contents: Machig Labdron and the Foundation of Chod |
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Preface |
ix |
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Introduction |
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| 1. |
The Second Propagation of Buddhism in Tibet |
1 |
| 2. |
Machig Labdron |
3 |
| 3. |
The Chd Tradition |
6 |
| 4. |
Chd as Viewed by the West |
8 |
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PART ONE: The Chod Tradition |
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| I. |
The Grand Poem on the Perfection of Wisdom by Aryadeva the Brahmin |
15 |
| II. |
The Prajnaparamita |
25 |
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1. The Heart Sutra |
25 |
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2. The Mother of the Buddhas |
28 |
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3. The Indian Tradition |
29 |
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4. Dampa Sangy and the Tibetan Tradition |
31 |
| III. |
The Chd of Machig |
39 |
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1. The Practice of the Bodhisattvas |
39 |
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2. The Chd of Mahamudra |
42 |
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3. Union of Consciousness and Space |
47 |
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4. Transforming the Aggregates into an Offering of Food |
50 |
| IV. |
Gods and Demons |
57 |
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1. The Mad Saints |
57 |
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2. Cutting through Gods and Demons |
63 |
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3. The Four Demons of Chd |
67 |
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4. The Level of Final Accomplishment |
72 |
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Transmission |
79 |
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1. The Three Chd Traditions of Machig |
79 |
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The Sutra Tradition |
81 |
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The Tantra Tradition |
85 |
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The Combined Sutra and Tantra Tradition |
88 |
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2. Machig's Lineage Descendants |
89 |
| VI. |
Biographies of Machig |
95 |
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1. The Marvelous and the Imaginary |
95 |
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2. The Dakini of Primordial Wisdom |
100 |
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3. The Tradition of The Grand Exposition |
105 |
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4. Comparative Study of the Tibetan Sources |
110 |
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PART TWO: The Marvelous Life of Machig Labdron, A Translation of Chapters I and II of An Exposition of Transforming the Aggregates into an Offering of Food, Illuminating the Meaning of Chd |
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| VII. |
Machig's Previous Life, Her Birth and Early Years |
119 |
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1. The Previous Life |
119 |
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2. The Birth of Machig |
122 |
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3. Labdrn |
127 |
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4. Dampa Sangy |
131 |
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5. The Initiation |
133 |
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Her Achievements |
141 |
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1. The Meeting with Thpa Bhadra |
141 |
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2. The Return to Lat |
145 |
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3. Zangri, the Copper Mountain |
148 |
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4. Arya Tara |
150 |
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5. Machig's Children |
153 |
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6. The Indian Acaryas |
158 |
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Machig's Last Instructions |
165 |
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Abbreviations |
171 |
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Notes |
175 |
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Tibetan-English Lexicon of Chd Terminology |
209 |
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Bibliography |
219 |
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General Index |
233 |
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Index of Tibetan and Sanskrit Names |
239 |
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