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| Training the mind in the stages of the path of a person of intermediate scope has 3 parts: |
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1. Developing the wish to attain liberation
2. a preliminary explanation for establishing the path that leads to liberation
3. How to practice the path that leads to liberation |
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| Developing the wish to attain liberation has 2 parts: |
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1. introduction to the 4 noble truths
2. meditating on true sufferings |
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| Introduction to the 4 noble truths has 4 parts: |
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1. true sufferings
2. true origins
3. true cessations
4. true paths |
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| Meditating on true sufferings has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. the general sufferings of samsara
2. the particular sufferings of each state of samsaric rebirth
3. the three types of suffering |
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| The general sufferings of samsara has 6 parts: |
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Definition
1. uncertainty
2. having no satisfaction
3. having to leave our body over and over again
4. having to take rebirth over and over again
5. having to lose status over and over again
6. having no companionship |
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| The particular sufferings of each state of samsaric rebirth has 2 parts: |
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1. The sufferings of the lower realms
2. The sufferings of the higher realms |
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| The sufferings of the higher realms has 3 parts: |
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1. the sufferings of human beings
2. the sufferings of demi-gods
3. the sufferings of gods |
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| The sufferings of human beings has 7 parts: |
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Definition
1. birth
2. ageing
3. sickness
4. death
5. having to part with what we like
6. having to encounter what we don't like
7. failing to satisfy our desires |
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1. the extreme pains experienced in the womb and during birth
2. the unceasing pains we experience after birth
3. birth is the basis for all sufferings of life
4. birth is the foundation for all delusions
5. birth changes into death |
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Definition
1. loss of beauty and health
2. loss of physical strength and vitality
3. loss of power in our sense and mental faculties
4. loss of enjoyments
5. loss of life span |
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Definition
1. loss of power and control over the functions of our body
2. increasing unhappiness
3. loss of enjoyments
4. having to experience what we do not want to experience
5. knowing that our sickness is incurable and that our life is coming to an end |
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1. departing from our possessions
2. departing from our friends
3. departing from those who live and work with us
4. departing from our body
5. experiencing mental and physical pain |
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| The 3 types of suffering has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. the suffering of manifest pain
2. changeing suffering
3. pervasive suffering |
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| a preliminary explanation for establishing the path that leads to liberation has 2 parts: |
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Definition
1. the development of delusions and actions, death and rebirth
2. an explanation of the 12 dependent-related links |
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| The development of delusions and actions, death and rebirth, has 6 parts: |
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Definition
1. identifying delusions
2. the stages by which delusions develop
3. the causes of delusions
4. the dangers of delusions
5. how actions are created in dependence upon delusions
6. the way we die and take rebirth |
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| Identifying the delusions has 2 parts: |
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1. definition of delusion
2. the 6 root delusions |
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| The 6 root delusions has 6 parts: |
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Definition
1. desirous attachment
2. anger
3. deluded pride
4. ignorance
5. deluded doubt
6. deluded view |
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| Deluded view has 5 parts: |
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Definition
1. view of the transitory collection
2. extreme view
3. holding false views as supreme
4. holding wrong moral disciplines and conduct as supreme
5. wrong view |
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| The causes of delusions has 6 parts: |
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Definition
1. the seed
2. the object
3. distraction and being influenced by others
4. bad habits
5. familiarity
6. inappropriate attention |
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| The way we die and take rebirth has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. the way we die
2. the way we enter the intermediate state
3. the way we take rebirth |
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| the way we die has 5 parts: |
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Definition
1. the signs of death
2. the causes of death
3. the conditions of death
4. the minds of death
5. the sign that dying has ended |
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| the way we enter the intermediate state has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. how to gain conviction that the bardo exists by considering the analogy of the dream state
2. the attributes of the body of a bardo being
3. what appears to a bardo being |
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| the way we take rebirth has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. the causes and conditions of taking rebirth
2. how we take rebirth
3. the nature of rebirth |
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| An explanation of the 12 dependent-related links has 4 parts: |
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Definition
1. a general explanation of dependent-related phenomena
2. the 12 dependent-related links
3. an explanation of the diagram of the Wheel of Life
4. The actual meditation on the 12 dependent-related links |
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| The 12 dependent related links has 12 parts: |
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Definition
1. dependent-related ignorance
2. dependent-related compositional actions
3. dependent-related consciousness
4. dependent-related name and form
5. dependent-related six sources
6. dependent-related contact
7. dependent-related feeling
8. dependent-related craving
9. dependent-related grasping
10. dependent-related existence
11. dependent-related birth
12. dependent-related aging and death |
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| An explanation of the diagram of the Wheel of Life has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. the benefits of contemplating and meditating on the diagram
2. the origin of the diagram
3. the symbolism of the diagram |
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| The actual meditation on the 12 dependent-related links has 4 parts: |
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Definition
1. meditation in serial order on the dependent relationship of the side of delusion.
2. Meditation in reverse order on the dependent relationship of the side of delusion
3. Meditation in serial order on the dependent relationship of the perfectly purified side
4. Meditation in reverse order on the dependent relationship of the perfectly purified side |
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| The actual meditation on the 12 dependent-related links has 4 parts: |
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Definition
1. meditation in serial order on the dependent relationship of the side of delusion.
2. Meditation in reverse order on the dependent relationship of the side of delusion
3. Meditation in serial order on the dependent relationship of the perfectly purified side
4. Meditation in reverse order on the dependent relationship of the perfectly purified side |
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Term
| How to practice the path that leads to liberation has two parts: |
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Definition
1. the bodily basis we need to attain liberation
2. the paths we need to follow to attain liberation |
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Term
| The paths we need to follow to attain liberation has three parts: |
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Definition
1. the three higher trainings
2. why we need to practice the 3 higher trainings to attain liberation
3. how to practice the 3 higher trainings |
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| The 3 higher trainings has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. training in higher moral discipline
2. training in higher concentration
3. training in higher wisdom |
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Term
| How to practice the 3 higher trainings has 3 parts: |
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Definition
1. how to practice higher moral discipline
2. how to practice higher concentration
3. how to practice higher wisdom |
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