Dolopopa's Mountian Dharma (Thrangu 2023)

Dolopopa's Mountian Dharma (Thrangu 2023)

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Edited translations of teachings given by Thrangu Rinpoche in Keystone, Colorado in Summer 2006.

Citation	Thrangu Rinpoche. Dolopopa's Mountian Dharma: The Birth of the Shentong View. Translated by David Choephel. Boulder: Namo Buddha Publications, 2023.

Contents

• Editor's Preface1

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Dolpopa's Teachings7
  • 1. Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma8
  • 2. The Rangtong and Shentong schools11
• Chapter 2: Buddha Nature in the Scriptures17
  • 1. Deity as the indivisibility of Expanse and Awareness17
  • 2. Buddha Nature Present in the Three Jewels22
  • 3. How Nature of Phenomena and Buddha Nature Relate23
  • 4. and 5. Buddha Nature as a Family24
  • 6. Buddha Nature and the Vajra Family25
  • 7. Buddha Nature is All-pervasive25
  • 8. Buddha Nature is Unchanging26
  • 9. The Three Stages of Beings in the Sutras26
  • 10. Purifying the Disturbing Emotions in the Vajrayana27
  • 11. The Ground and Fruition Are Inseparable27
  • 12. The Indivisibility of the Ground and Path28
  • 13. The Dharmakaya Contains All Qualities of a Buddha28
  • 14. Did Nagarjuna and Followers Teach Buddha Nature?29
• Chapter 3: The Ground of Buddha Nature35
  • 1. In Brief: The Ground, Path, and Result (or Fruition)35
  • 2. Buddha Nature Exists37
  • 3. Attaining the Result38
  • 4. The Ground of Practice in Detail40
• Chapter 4: Buddha Nature Is Not a Provisional Teaching43
  • 1. Is Buddha Nature a Provisional or Definitive Teaching?44
  • 2. Buddha Nature as Provisional Because of Five Faults46
  • 3. Refuting Buddha Nature as a Provisional Teaching47
• Chapter 5: The Path53
  • 1. Sentient Beings Have the Dharmakaya Within Them53
  • 2. Realizing the Rangtong View53
  • 3. The Practice of Meditation on Emptiness54
  • 4. The Practice of Subtle Winds and Channels54
  • 5. The Development of Pure Meditation and Conduct55
  • 6. Distinguishing What Exists from What Does Not56
  • 7. Understanding Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma57
  • 8. Why There Are Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma57
  • 9. Which Turnings Are Definitive and which Provisional?58
  • 10. Is Sutra of Definitive Commentary a Mind Only Text?58
  • 11. Buddha Nature Is Not Provisional from Third Turning59
• Chapter 6: The Common View of the Path67
  • 1. Problems from Not Believing Buddha Nature67
  • 2. Having Faith in Meditation Methods68
  • 3. Benefits of Faith and Devotion in Buddha Nature68
  • 4. Problems with Having Incorrect Views71
• Chapter 7: Having the Correct View of the Path75
  • 1. Third Turning Is Not Just Mind Only Teachings75
  • 2. Commentaries on the Existence of Buddha Nature79
  • 3. Is Middle from the Extremes a Mind Only Teaching?79
  • 4 to 9. All Appearances Are Mind80
  • 10. The Shentong View Summarized81
• Chapter 8: The Uncommon View of the Path83
  • 1. Transcending the Three Realms and Three Times83
  • 2. Meditating on Just Emptiness of Self84
  • 3. Scriptures Stating That Buddha Nature Does Not Exist84
  • 4. When Negative Qualities are Eliminated, Positive Manifest85
  • 5 to 7. When Negative Qualities Have Been Dispelled86
  • 8. The Benefit of Having Faith in Buddha Nature86
• Chapter 9: The Features of Buddha Nature95
  • 1. The Utterly Pure Dharmakaya Is Not Mere Emptiness95
  • 2. Utterly Pure Dharmakaya from the Vajrayana Perspective96
  • 3. Impure Appearances Become Female Body of the Deity97
  • 4. The Ultimate Deity and Ultimate Compassion99
  • 5. The 37 Factors of Enlightenment100
  • 6. The Eight-Fold Path101
• Chapter 10: The Fruition103
  • 1. The Amazing Bodies (Kayas) of the Buddha104
  • 2. The Amazing Wisdoms of the Buddha107
  • 3. The Amazing Qualities of the Buddha109
  • 4. The Activities of the Buddha112
  • 5. The Pure Realms and Settings of the Buddha116
• Chapter 11: The Features of the Buddha123
  • 1. Ground and Ultimate Result Are Inseparable123
  • 2. To Reach Enlightenment We Need to Follow the Path123
  • 3. We Need to Purify the Disturbing Emotions124
  • 4. Using the Subtle Winds and Channels124
  • 5. Buddha Nature Remains When Adventitious Stains Go125
  • 6 and 7. When Stains Are Removed, The Dharmakaya Remains126
  • 8. A Buddha's Wisdom Remains When Stains Are Removed127
• Chapter 12: Summary of the Shentong View129

• The Appendices132
• The Glossary145
• The Glossary of Tibetan Terms159
• The Bibliography162
• Index170

gzhan stong - The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature. Tib. གཞན་སྟོང་

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rang stong - The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena. Tib. རང་སྟོང་

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