Profound Instructions for Meditation, Acharya Rigzin Chotak, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ladakh,

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Profound Instructions for Meditation
By: Acharya Rigzin Chotak

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Author: Acharya Rigzin Chotak
Translator: Khenpo Konchok Rigzen
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2016

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Profound Instructions for Meditation, Acharya Rigzin Chotak, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ladakh, Paperback, 76 Pages, $7.50

Contents: ABSORPTION: Human Nature and Buddhist Liberation by Johannes Bronkhorst

PREFACE 1

PART I. THE SYMBOLIC MIND

INTRODUCTION 9

1. Symbolic representation

9

2. Mysticism

25

3. Ritual
31

4. Mythology and Religion
41

5. Culture
43

APPENDIX 1: Semantic etymologies 48

APPENDIX 2. Symbolic reference and the origin of language 55

PART II: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BUDDHA

INTRODUCTION 73

OUTLINE OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY

1. Fundamentals
95

2. Comparison with neurological findings
109

3. Psychotherapy and its obstacles
117

4. A "complete cure"
125

5. The theory adapted
135

6. The theory refined
142

7. Sexuality and sublimation
149

8. The result of a "complete cure"
157

SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 163

APPENDIX 1: The main texts, with a psychological commentary

1. The path of liberation as a whole
176

2. Guiding one's thoughts
183

3. Avoiding hunger
187

4. Awareness
189

5. Mindfulness
190

6. Fear of being alone
194

7. Who succeeds?
197

8. The liberated person
200

APPENDIX 2: Absorption & Pleasure in Mysticism & Meditation 202

APPENDIX 3: Psychology and Free Will 208

Technical Terms and their Sanskrit and Pali Equivalents 216

Abbreviations 216

Bibliography 217

Index 245

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