Publication
Imprint: Boston : Wisdom Publications, c2003. In association with the Sapan Fund. Edition: Second edition. Responsibility: Oral commentary on the root test of Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub by His Eminence Deshung Rinpoche, Kunga Tenpai Nyima; translated from the Tibetan by Jared Rhoton; edited with an introduction by Victoria R.M. Scott. OCLC Number: 52038240. Physical: Text : 1 volume : lxxi, 550 pages : portraits ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, list of Tibetan names and terms, index, outline of the work.
Call number
GT-B-Tb / Deshu
ISBN
0861713680 / 9780861713684
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Kun-dgaʼ-bstan-paʼi-ñi-ma, Sde-gźun Luṅ-rig Sprul-sku, 1906-1987 | Kunga Tenpai Nyima Deshung Rinpoche 1906-1987.
Named Person: Dkon-mchog-lhun-grub, Ngor-chen 1497-1557 | Konchog Lhundrub, Ngorchen 1497-1557 .
Sects & Orders: Sakya.
Description: The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception is a revised edition of the classic guide to the Lamdre, a key system of meditation of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by one of the first Tibetan masters to live and teach in the United States, it is rendered in a lyrical style that entertains, inspires, and motivates the reader. A key work for all those who are eager to develop and deepen their meditation practice.
Table of Contents: 1 A Priceless Jewel in a Garbage Heap 3
2 Reveling in the Wine of Bliss 11
3 First Things First and Last Things Last 25
4 Climbing a Steep Ladder without Hands 31
5 The Umbrella of Refuge 45
6 Holding Fast until Enlightenment Is Won 53
7 Suppose You Own a Fine Horse 61
8 The Needle Point of Worldly Existence 69
9 Sheer Pain 75
10 The Forest of Swords 83
11 Ignoble Stinginess 93
12 From Celestial Mansions to Murky Depths 101
13 No Rest from the Dance 109
14 A Fish Cast Up on Hot, Dry Sand 119
15 Careless Craving 127
16 Ceaseless Roaming 135
17 Imagine a Blind Tortoise 143
18 A Lump of Charcoal and a White Conch 151
19 Just Somebody Dressed in Red 159
20 The Great Fisher, Death 169
21 Discarded in Some Dark Hole 175
22 A Protector, an Island, a Great, Friendly Host 185
23 Deeds, Like a Shadow, Will Follow 197
24 A Great Vessel Filled by Drops of Water 211
25 Black Pebbles and White Pebbles 223
26 As Helpless as a Worm 233
27 Giving Our Parents a Piggyback Ride 247
28 A Mind Like an Overturned Pot 257
29 The Flavor of Compassion 261
30 Rudderless on the Sea of Life 269
31 A Coiled Rope in the Gloom of Night 277
32 "Beloved Daughter" Kicks His Mother 285
33 The Hand Must Help the Foot 293
34 A Cloud of White Light or a Sudden Dawn 303
35 Turning the Wheel of the Rat Race 313
36 Doing What Bodhisattvas Do 321
37 A Protector of the Protectorless 327
38 Seeing Things Exactly as They Are 337
39 Insight Yoked with Calm 345
40 Pouring Water into a Vase with a Hole in It 351
41 A Four-Petaled Blue Flower 359
42 The Monkeys Were Perplexed 367
43 The Flame of a Lamp in a Windless Place 375
44 A Storm of Thought Processes 379
45 Ten Million Blind Men 389
46 Rebirth as a Woodchuck 397
47 Sa_s_ra Falls Apart Like a Tattered Rag 407
48 If You Think of Yourself as a Tiger 417
49 It Is "Natural" Not to Be Natural 423
50 Paying the Tax of Compulsiveness 429
51 Awakening Certitude 435
52 Tasting Sugarcane for the First Time 441
53 A Chamberpot, an Offering Bowl, a Buddha 453
54 The Dreaming Mind Deludes Itself 465
55 Tuning the Violin of Meditation 475
56 The Sharpness of a Thorn, the Roundness of a Pea 483
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Named Person: Dkon-mchog-lhun-grub, Ngor-chen 1497-1557 | Konchog Lhundrub, Ngorchen 1497-1557 .
Sects & Orders: Sakya.
Description: The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception is a revised edition of the classic guide to the Lamdre, a key system of meditation of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by one of the first Tibetan masters to live and teach in the United States, it is rendered in a lyrical style that entertains, inspires, and motivates the reader. A key work for all those who are eager to develop and deepen their meditation practice.
Table of Contents: 1 A Priceless Jewel in a Garbage Heap 3
2 Reveling in the Wine of Bliss 11
3 First Things First and Last Things Last 25
4 Climbing a Steep Ladder without Hands 31
5 The Umbrella of Refuge 45
6 Holding Fast until Enlightenment Is Won 53
7 Suppose You Own a Fine Horse 61
8 The Needle Point of Worldly Existence 69
9 Sheer Pain 75
10 The Forest of Swords 83
11 Ignoble Stinginess 93
12 From Celestial Mansions to Murky Depths 101
13 No Rest from the Dance 109
14 A Fish Cast Up on Hot, Dry Sand 119
15 Careless Craving 127
16 Ceaseless Roaming 135
17 Imagine a Blind Tortoise 143
18 A Lump of Charcoal and a White Conch 151
19 Just Somebody Dressed in Red 159
20 The Great Fisher, Death 169
21 Discarded in Some Dark Hole 175
22 A Protector, an Island, a Great, Friendly Host 185
23 Deeds, Like a Shadow, Will Follow 197
24 A Great Vessel Filled by Drops of Water 211
25 Black Pebbles and White Pebbles 223
26 As Helpless as a Worm 233
27 Giving Our Parents a Piggyback Ride 247
28 A Mind Like an Overturned Pot 257
29 The Flavor of Compassion 261
30 Rudderless on the Sea of Life 269
31 A Coiled Rope in the Gloom of Night 277
32 "Beloved Daughter" Kicks His Mother 285
33 The Hand Must Help the Foot 293
34 A Cloud of White Light or a Sudden Dawn 303
35 Turning the Wheel of the Rat Race 313
36 Doing What Bodhisattvas Do 321
37 A Protector of the Protectorless 327
38 Seeing Things Exactly as They Are 337
39 Insight Yoked with Calm 345
40 Pouring Water into a Vase with a Hole in It 351
41 A Four-Petaled Blue Flower 359
42 The Monkeys Were Perplexed 367
43 The Flame of a Lamp in a Windless Place 375
44 A Storm of Thought Processes 379
45 Ten Million Blind Men 389
46 Rebirth as a Woodchuck 397
47 Sa_s_ra Falls Apart Like a Tattered Rag 407
48 If You Think of Yourself as a Tiger 417
49 It Is "Natural" Not to Be Natural 423
50 Paying the Tax of Compulsiveness 429
51 Awakening Certitude 435
52 Tasting Sugarcane for the First Time 441
53 A Chamberpot, an Offering Bowl, a Buddha 453
54 The Dreaming Mind Deludes Itself 465
55 Tuning the Violin of Meditation 475
56 The Sharpness of a Thorn, the Roundness of a Pea 483
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Physical description
lxxi, 550 p.; 23 cm
Description
The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception is a revised edition of the classic guide to the Lamdre, a key system of meditation of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by one of the first Tibetan masters to live and teach in the United States, it is rendered in a lyrical style that entertains, inspires, and motivates the reader. A key work for all those who are eager to develop and deepen their meditation practice.
Language
Original language
Tibetan
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