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|BookToc=* {{i|Preface by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron |xiii}}
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* {{i|Abbreviations |xxi}}
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* {{i|Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama |i}}
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** {{i|1. The Self, the Four Truths, and Their Sixteen Attributes |5}}
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*** {{i|Three Questions about the Self |5}}
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*** {{i|The Four Truths |10}}
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*** {{i|The Coarse and Subtle Four Truths |18}}
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*** {{i|The Sixteen Attributes of the Four Truths of Āryas |19}}
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** {{i|2. Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Truth of Duḥkha |39}}
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*** {{i|Knowing Duḥkha for What It Is |39}}
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*** {{i|Realms of Existence |41}}
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*** {{i|Three Types of Duḥkha |47}}
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*** {{i|Feelings, Afflictions, and Duḥkha |50}}
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*** {{i|Six Disadvantages of Cyclic Existence |51}}
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*** {{i|Eight Unsatisfactory Conditions |53}}
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*** {{i|Examining True Duḥkha via Ten Points |54}}
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*** {{i|Our Human Value |57}}
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** {{i|3. True Origins of Duḥkha |63}}
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*** {{i|The Six Root Afflictions |64}}
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*** {{i|More Types ofDefilements |87}}
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*** {{i|Afflictions |88}}
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*** {{i|Underlying Tendencies |88}}
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*** {{i|Auxiliary Afflictions |92}}
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*** {{i|Fetters |97}}
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*** {{i|Pollutants |98}}
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*** {{i|Hindrances |99}}
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** {{i|4. Afflictions, Their Arising, and Their Antidotes |101}}
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*** {{i|Eighty-Four Thousand Afflictions |101}}
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*** {{i|The Order in Which Afflictions Arise |104}}
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*** {{i|Factors Causing Afflictions to Arise |106}}
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*** {{i|Feelings That Accompany Afflictions |109}}
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*** {{i|The Ethical Dimension of Afflictions |110}}
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*** {{i|Counterforces to the Afflictions |112}}
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*** {{i|Afflictions, Our Real Enemy |119}}
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** {{i|5. Afflictions and Karma, Their Seeds and Latencies |123}}
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*** {{i|Acquired and Innate Afflictions |124}}
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*** {{i|Coarse and Subtle Afflictions| 126}}
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*** {{i|Seeds, Latencies, and Having-Ceased |126}}
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*** {{i|Latencies and Ideas in Other Religions and in Psychology |135}}
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*** {{i|Virtue, Nonvirtue, Merit, and Roots of Virtue |137}}
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** {{i|6. Karma, the Universe, and Evolution |141}}
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*** {{i|The Origin of the Universe |141}}
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*** {{i|Mind and the External World |144}}
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*** {{i|The Laws of Nature and the Law of Karma and Its Effects |148}}
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*** {{i|Karma and Our Present Environment |150}}
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*** {{i|Karma, Instinctual Behavior, and Our Bodies |152}}
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** {{i|7. Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Twelve Links of Dependent<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Origination |155}}
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*** {{i|Dependent Arising |156}}
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*** {{i|How Cyclic Existence Occurs |158}}
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*** {{i|1. Ignorance (''avidyā'') |159}}
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*** {{i|2. Formative Action (''saṃskāra karman'') |165}}
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*** {{i|3. Consciousness (''vijñāna'') |168}}
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*** {{i|4. Name and Form (''nāma-rūpa'') |170}}
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*** {{i|3. Six Sources (''ṣaḍāyatana'') |172}}
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*** {{i|6. Contact (''sparśa'') |176}}
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*** {{i|7. Feeling (''vedanā'')| 176}}
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*** {{i|8. Craving (''tṛṣṇā'') |179}}
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*** {{i|9. Clinging (''upādanā'') |182}}
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*** {{i|10. Renewed Existence (''bhava'') |183}}
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*** {{i|11. Birth (''jāti'') |188}}
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*** {{i|12. Aging or Death (''jarāmaraṇa'') |190}}
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** {{i|8. Dependent Origination: Cycling in Saṃsāra |193}}
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*** {{i|How the Twelve Links Produce a Life |193}}
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*** {{i|An Example |197}}
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*** {{i|Flexibility |200}}
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*** {{i|Pali Tradition: How We Cycle |200}}
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*** {{i|An Example from a Pāli Sūtra |202}}
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*** {{i|Who Revolves in Cyclic Existence? |204}}
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*** {{i|The Ultimate Nature of the Twelve Links |211}}
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** {{i|9. The Determination to Be Free |217}}
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*** {{i|The Benefits of Meditating on the Twelve Links |217}}
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*** {{i|Invigorating a Dry Dharma Practice |219}}
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*** {{i|Can a Leper Find Happiness? |222}}
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*** {{i|Compassion for Ourselves and Others |223}}
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*** {{i|The Demarcation of Generating the Determination to Be Free |227}}
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** {{i|10. Seeking Genuine Peace |231}}
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*** {{i|The "Ye Dharmā" Dhāraṇī |232}}
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*** {{i|Forward and Reverse Orders of the Afflictive and Purified Sides of<br>the Twelve Links |234}}
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*** {{i|Transcendental Dependent Origination (Pāli Tradition) |238}}
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*** {{i|Karma in Samsara and Beyond |249}}
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** {{i|11. Freedom from Cyclic Existence |233}}
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*** {{i|Stages Leading to Liberation and Full Awakening |254}}
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*** {{i|The Two Obscurations |259}}
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*** {{i|Nirvāṇa |262}}
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*** {{i|Pāli Tradition: Nirvāṇa |266}}
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*** {{i|Bodhi |274}}
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** {{i|12. The Mind and Its Potential |277}}
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*** {{i|The Mind's Potential |277}}
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*** {{i|Is Liberation Possible? |279}}
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*** {{i|Excellent Qualities Can Be Cultivated Limitlessly |281}}
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*** {{i|Afflictive Mental States and the Nature of the Mind |283}}
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*** {{i|The Equality of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa |284}}
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*** {{i|Levels of Mind |286}}
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** {{i|13. Buddha Nature |291}}
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*** {{i|The Mind's Potential according to the Pāli Tradition |291}}
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*** {{i|Ārya Disposition according to the Vaibhāṣikas and Sautrāntikas |292}}
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*** {{i|Buddha Nature according to the Cittamātra School |293}}
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*** {{i|Buddha Nature according to the Madhyamaka School |296}}
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*** {{i|Buddha Nature according to Tantra |301}}
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*** {{i|Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha |302}}
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*** {{i|Three Aspects of the Tathāgatagarbha |310}}
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*** {{i|Three Aspects of Buddha Disposition |314}}
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*** {{i|A Puzzle |315}}
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** {{i|14. Going Deeper into Buddha Nature |319}}
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*** {{i|The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel and Buddha Nature |319}}
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*** {{i|A Link between Sūtra and Tantra |322}}
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*** {{i|Nothing Is to Be Removed |325}}
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*** {{i|The Capacity Giving Rise to the Three Kāyas |327}}
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*** {{i|A Buddha's Nature Dharmakāya |328}}
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*** {{i|Pristine Wisdom Abiding in the Afflictions |330}}
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*** {{i|Causal Clear Light Mind |332}}
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*** {{i|What Continues to Awakening? |332}}
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*** {{i|Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā |334}}
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*** {{i|Are We Already Buddhas? |337}}
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*** {{i|Awareness of Our Buddha Nature Eliminates Hindrances |341}}
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* {{i|Notes |343}}
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* {{i|Glossary |353}}
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* {{i|Further Reading |367}}
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* {{i|Index |371}}
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* {{i|About the Authors |409}}
 
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Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature
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Knowledge of buddha nature reveals and reconciles the paradox of how the mind can be the basis for both the duhkha of samsara (the unpurified mind) and the bliss and fulfillment of nirvana (the purified mind). To illustrate this, Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature first takes readers through Buddhist thought on the self, the four truths, and their sixteen attributes. It then explains afflictions—including how they arise and their antidotes—followed by an examination of karma and cyclic existence, and, finally, a deep and thorough elucidation of buddha nature. Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities.

This is the third volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. Volume 1, Approaching the Buddhist Path,contains introductory material that sets the context for Buddhist practice. Volume 2, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, describes the important teachings that help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice. Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature can be read as the logical next step in this series or enjoyed on its own. (Source: Wisdom Publications)

Citation Dalai Lama, 14th, and Thubten Chodron. Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature. Library of Wisdom and Compassion 3. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2018.