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Joyful Path of Good Fortune (Part 3) - Coggle Diagram
Joyful Path of Good Fortune (Part 3)
Training the mind in the stages of the path of a person of great scope has 5 parts
Why we need to enter the Mahayana
The benefits of Bodhichitta
We enter the gateway to the Mahayana
We become a son or daughter of the Buddhas
We surpass Hearers & Solitary Realizers
We become worthy to receive offerings & prostrations from humans & gods
We easily accumulate a vast amount of merit
We quickly destroy powerful negativities
We fulfill our wishes
We are free from harm by spirits & so forth
We accomplish all the spiritual grounds & paths
We have a state of mind that is the source of peace
How to develop Bodhichitta
The stages of actually training the mind in bodhichitta
Training the mind in the sevenfold cause & effect
Developing equanimity
Recognising that all living beings are our mothers
Remembering the kindness of all mother beings
Developing the wish to repay the kindness of all mother beings
Developing affectionate love
Developing great compassion
Developing superior intention
Developing bodhichitta
The basis for generating bodhichitta
The nature of bodhichitta & how it is generated
The divisions of bodhichitta
The 2 fold division
The 3 fold division
The 4 fold division
The 22 fold division
Training the mind in equalizing & exchanging self with others
Equalising self & others
Contemplating the disadvantages of self-cherishing
Contemplating the advantages of cherishing others
Exchanging self with others
Recognising why we need to exchange self with others
Recognising that we can exchange self with others
How to exchange self with others
Taking & giving
Maintaining bodhichitta by means of ritual
Maintaining the aspiring mind by means of ritual
Maintaining the engaging mind by means of ritual
How to engage in a Bodhisattva's actions
Training in the 6 perfections to ripen our own mental continuum
The 6 perfections in general
The perfection of giving
The perfection of moral discipline
The perfection of patience
The perfection of effort
The perfection of mental stabilisation
How to train the mind in tranquil abiding, the essence of concentration
The necessary conditions for attaining tranquil abiding
A suitable place for retreat
Little desire
Contentment
No distracting activities
Pure moral discipline
No distracting conceptions
How to attain tranquil abiding
The 5 obstacles to attaining tranquil abiding
Laziness
Forgetfulness
Mental sinking & mental excitement
Non-application
Unnecessary application
The 8 opponents to the 5 obstacles
Faith
Aspiration
Effort
Suppleness
Mindfulness
Alertness
Application
Non-application
How to attain the 9 mental abidings
The object of meditation
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The 9 mental abidings
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The 6 forces
The force of listening
The force of contemplating
The force of mindfulness
The force of alertness
The force of effort
The force of complete familiarity
The 4 attentions
Tight attention
Interrupted attention
Uninterrupted attention
Spontaneous attention
The measurement of having attained tranquil abiding
How to train in superior seeing, the essence of wisdom
The nature of superior seeing
The function of superior seeing
The object of superior seeing
The emptiness of persons
How to sustain space-like meditative equipoise on the emptiness of persons
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How to sustain illusion-like subsequent attainment
The emptiness of phenomena
The perfection of wisdom
The perfections of mental stabilisation & wisdom in particular
How to progress through the spiritual grounds & path in dependence upon a union of tranquil abiding & superior seeing
Training in Vajrayana paths
Training in the 4 ways of gathering to ripen the mental continuum of others
The final result, full enlightenment