Dusting Off Your Buddha Nature

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Contents

• • Introduction1

• I     Getting Started on the Path

• 1     The Ten Steps — Graglia 201212
• 2     The Dangers of Skipping Ngöndro — Bologna 201427

• II     The Common Preliminary Practices

• 3     The Four Thoughts — Graglia 201246
  •      A     Precious Human Rebirth49
  •      B     Impermanence53
  •      C     Karma57
  •      D     Fault of Samsara60

• III     The Uncommon Preliminary Practices

• 4     Refuge — Graglia 201266
• 5     Bodhicitta — Graglia 201282
• 6     Mandala — Graglia 201396
• 7     Kusali Chod — Graglia 2013116
• 8     Vajrasattva — Graglia 2013126
• 9     Guru Yoga — Graglia 2012 and 2013140

• IV     Beyond the Preliminaries

• 10     Phowa — Graglia 2013166
• 11     Ego Guru Yoga — 2012 New York Summer Retreat173

• Epilogue197
• Appendix - Guided Practice — Seven Branch Prayer, Bodhisattva Vow,
  Guru Yoga — Graglia 2013 202

bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt. बोधिचित्त Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། Ch. 菩提心

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt. बोधिसत्त्व Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ། Ch. 菩薩

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