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The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech (The preliminary topics of the…
The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech
The preliminary topics of the commentary
How disciples should attend to the teachings
Inner motivation (mind)
Outer conduct
Behavior to be abandoned
Behavior to be adopted
The method of explanation and study
How a teacher sets forth the Dharma
How the Dharma is taught by an Arahat
How the Dharma is taught by a learned master
The scriptural source of the treatise
The general tendency (or category) of the treatise
The general synopsis of the Bodhicharyavatara
The purpose of the treatise
The author of the treatise
How the Dharma is taught by a Buddha
Conclusion
The translator’s colophon
Khenpo Kunzang Pelden’s colophon
Homage paid by remembering the kindness of Manjughosha (58)
An Explanation of the Treatise Itself
An Explanation of the title of the treatise
The title itself
The translator’s homage
An explanation of the treatise thus named
The preambles to the treatise
The author’s commitment to compose (1. c, d)
The taking of a humble attitude (2)
The expression of homage (1. a, b)
The stirring up of a joyful and enthusiastic attitude (3)
The main body of the treatise
PART 2: How to Prevent Bodhichitta from Weakening Once It Has Been Generated
Ch. 5 Vigilant Introspection
Using Mindfulness and Introspection in order to Guard One’s Mind
A detailed explanation
The dangers of having no introspection (24 - 28)
How to practice mindfulness (29 - 33)
A brief explanation (23)
How Actually to Train Our Mind in Action with Mindfulness and Vigilant Introspection
The discipline of gathering virtue
Why it is necessary to abandon attachment to one’s body, which is the cause for not training in the precepts (59 - 70)
Becoming skilled in one’s way of behaving (71 - 83)
The discipline of working for the benefit of others
Earnestly working for the welfare of beings (84)
Attracting beings to the Dharma with material gifts and teachings (85 - 90)
Protecting others from losing faith and confidence (91 - 97)
The discipline of avoiding negativity
Protecting the precepts from degeneration (45 - 58)
Purifying the actions of body, speech, and mind (34 -44)
Guarding the Training by Guarding the Mind
A brief exposition (1)
A detailed exposition
All harm comes from the mind (2 - 8)
All virtue comes from the mind (9 - 17)
The urgency of keeping watch over the mind (18 - 22)
Other Elements of a Perfect Practice
The perfect practice itself (98 - 107)
A summary of the chapter (108 - 109)
Ch. 6 Patience
Cultivating Patience
Cultivating patience towards what we do not want
Cultivating patience towards those who mistreat our loved ones (64 - 75)
Cultivating patience when good things happen to our enemies (76 - 86)
Cultivating patience toward those who disrespect us (52 - 63)
Cultivating patience towards what brings us suffering
The patience that is certainty about the ultimate reality of things (22 - 33)
The patience to accept suffering (12 - 21)
The patience of putting what causes harm in perspective (34 - 51)
Cultivating patience with what prevent us from getting what we want
Cultivating patience toward obstacles that prevent unpleasant things from happening to our enemies (87 - 89)
Cultivating patience towards those who prevent us and out friends from getting what we want (90 - 111)
The Removal of Anger (1 - 10)
Respect for Beings
Respecting beings by recognizing them as a Field of merit (112 - 118)
Respecting beings by considering how this pleases the Buddhas (119 - 127)
Respecting beings by acknowledging the consequences of benefiting and harming them (128 - 134)
Ch. 4 Carefulness
A Brief Presentation (1)
The Detailed Explanation
Reflecting on the precepts to be implemented as a means to inculcate carefulness in one’s behavior
Preventing the attitude of bodhichitta from weakening (2 - 12)
Observing the precepts to be implemented without relaxing one’s diligence (13, 14)
Reflection on the freedoms and advantages of the precious human body as a means to inculcate carefulness in action
Carefulness in action resulting from thinking of the difficulty involved in gaining the freedoms and advantages of the precious human condition (15 - 20)
Carefulness in action resulting from reflecting on the difficulty of escaping from the lower realms (21, 22)
Now that the freedoms and advantages of this human form have been obtained, it is important to strive in virtue (23 - 27)
Reflecting on the afflictive emotions to be discarded as a means to inculcate carefulness in one’s behavior
Putting up with the hardships involved involved in abandoning the afflictions (36 - 42)
How emotional defilement is to be abandoned (43 - 48)
The defects of the afflictive emotions (28 - 35)
PART 3: How Bodhichitta Is to Be Developed and Intensified
Ch. 8 Meditative Concentration
A Full Explanation of Conditions Conducive to Meditative Concentration
A brief summary (2)
A detailed explanation
Relinquishing the world
Giving up attachment to beings (5 - 16)
Giving up attachment to worldly gains (17 - 24)
Why the world should be abandoned (3 - 4)
Once one has relinquished all attachments, one should rely on the excellent qualities of solitude (25 - 38)
Giving up wandering thoughts
A brief exposition (39)
A detailed explanation
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Meditative Concentration on Bodhichitta
A detailed explanation on how to train in meditative concentration on bodhichitta
Equalizing self and other
A detailed explanation
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Summary (110)
A brief explanation (90)
The exchange of self and other
A brief explanation of this practice by stating the reason for it (111 - 113)
A detailed explanation of this practice
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An injunction to practice meditative concentration (185 - 187)
A short exposition that links the subject to the previous teaching (89)
A Brief Explanation on How This Chapter is Related to the Previous Ones (1)
Ch. 9 Wisdom
Ch. 7 Diligence
A Brief Explanation of the Need for Diligence (1)
A Detailed Explanation of Diligence
Avoiding whatever prevents diligence
Identifying laziness and its causes (3)
The methods for getting rid of the three kinds of laziness
Cultivating an antidote to the laziness of lethargy or inactivity (4 - 14)
Cultivating an antidote to the laziness of attachment to negative behavior (15 - 16)
Cultivating an antidote to the laziness of self-discouragement or despondency (17 - 31)
Cultivating what is favorable for diligence
A brief explanation (32)
A detailed explanation
Gathering the four forces
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Cultivating the two strengths
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The essence of diligence (2)
PART 1: The Generation of Bodhichitta Where It Has Not Previously Existed
Ch. 2 Confession of Negativity
An Act of Veneration (24, 25)
Taking Refuge
The general principles of refuge
The essence of refuge
The different kinds of refuge
An explanation of provisional causal refuge
An explanation of ultimate resultant refuge
Refuge according to the Bodhicharyavatara
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The cause of refuge
The Making of Offerings
Offerings made through the power of aspiration (20, 21)
The unsurpassable offering (22)
Offerings manifested by the power of the mind
The offering of a ceremonial bath (10 - 13)
Offerings of pleasant substances (14 - 19)
The offering of melodious praise (23)
Material offerings
The offering of things unowned (2 - 7)
The offering of one’s body (8, 9)
The offering of one’s possessions (1)
The Confession of Negative Actions
The visualization of the witnesses of one’s confession (27)
The confession itself
The strength of support (47 - 53)
The strength of the remedial practice (54 - 65)
The strength of regretting that one has done wrong (28 - 46)
The strength of amendment
Ch. 3 Taking Hold of Bodhichitta
The Actual Vow of Bodhichitta (23 - 24)
Conclusion
The joy the author feels in himself (25 - 33)
Exhorting others to rejoice (34)
Preparatory Practice
The accumulation of merit
Requesting the Buddhas to turn the wheel of the Dharma (5)
Praying that the Buddhas remain and do not pass into nirvana (6)
Rejoicing in virtue (1 - 4)
Dedication of roots of virtue for the welfare of others (7 - 10)
The mind-training
A reasoned demonstration of the need for mind-training (12)
The specific gift of one’s body (13 - 17)
The actual mind-training (11)
Dedication of the results of mind-training to the welfare of others (18 - 22)
Ch.1 The Excellence and Benefits of Bodhichitta
The Basis Required for the Generation of Bodhichitta
The human body as a basis for the generation of bodhichitta (4)
The mind as a basis for the generation of bodhichitta (5)
The Benefits of Bodhichitta
The specific benefits of bodhichitta in aspiration and action
The benefits of bodhichitta in aspiration and in action (17, 18, 19)
Proving the benefits of bodhichitta by scripture and with reasoning
Proving the benefits of bodhichitta by scripture (20)
Proving the benefits of bodhichitta with reasoning
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Classification of bodhichitta in aspiration and action (15, 16)
Plain or relative bodhichitta, engendered on the basis of prompting
Subtle or ultimate bodhichitta gained through [the recognition of] ultimate reality
The general benefits of generating bodhichitta
A change of name and of status (9)
The benefits of bodhichitta shown by means of examples
The example of the jewel (11)
The example of the miraculous fruit-bearing tree (12)
The example of the heroic bodyguard (13)
The example of the fires at the end of time (14 a, b)
The example of alchemy (10)
The benefits of bodhichitta explained in other texts (14 c, d)
Bodhichitta is superior to all other virtues (6, 7, 8)
The greatness of a person who possesses bodhichitta (31 - 36)
PART 4: Ch. 10 Dedication of the Resulting Merit for the Benefit of Others
A Brief Exposition (1)
A Detailed Teaching
Dedication of virtue for one’s own sake, that is, as the cause of enlightened activities (51 - 56)
Dedication for the propagation and prosperity of the Buddha’s Doctrine embodying as it does the twofold goal (57)
Dedication of virtue as the cause of happiness and of benefit for others
Dedication of virtue in order to free the weak from suffering
General dedication of virtue in order to rid the three worlds of the sorrows with which they are filled (2 - 3)
Dedication of virtue in order to free beings from their particular sufferings such as those of the three lower realms (4 - 47)
Dedication of virtue for the sake of perfecting the supreme goal (48 - 50)
Prologue
Praise
Promise to compose the treatise