Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness: A Commentary on Nagarjuna's Precious GarlandLet a great Tibetan scholar guide you through one of Nagarjuna’s masterworks. In Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness Khensur Jampa Tegchok walks us carefully through a classic of Indian Buddhist philosophy, explaining the implications of its philosophical arguments and grounding its advice in a recognizable day-to-day world. In Precious Garland, the source text for this commentary, Nagarjuna advises his patron king on how best to take advantage of human life to secure a happy rebirth in the next life while making progress toward the goal of enlightenment. Known primarily for his incisive presentation of emptiness, here Nagarjuna shows his wise understanding of how to navigate the intricacies of worldly life to balance everyday needs with spiritual practice. Loaded with equal measures of penetrating explanations of the highest reality and inspiring encouragement towards the bodhisattva practices, Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness makes the case for living a thoughtful, morally upright life in the world to achieve immediate and ultimate spiritual goals. |
Contents
The Advantages of Ethical Living and a Fortunate Life | |
The Path to Liberation and Full Awakening | |
Refuting Inherent Existence and Establishing Emptiness | |
Delving into the Profound | |
Taming Attachment and Understanding the Qualities | |
Joyfully Taking Up the Boundless Work of a Bodhisattva | |
Advice for Gathering Merit and Gaining Wisdom | |
The Fruits of Merit and Wisdom | |
Practical Advice for Leaders | |
Spiritual Wisdom for Powerful People | |
Abandoning Afflictions and Cultivating Goodness | |
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abandon afflictions aggregates appear apprehend arhats aryas attachment attain full awakening attain liberation become benefit bodhichitta bodhisattva path bodhisattvas Buddha buddhahood Buddhist cause cease cessation Chandrakirti collection of merit compassion conceptual create cyclic existence dependent arising destructive karma Dharma duhkha elements emptiness of inherent equipoise on emptiness ethical conduct exist inherently explained fundamental vehicle future lives generosity give grasping happiness harm hearers and solitary higher rebirth ignorance Igrasping immeasurable inherently existent karma king lack inherent existence lamrim Madhyamaka means meditating on emptiness meditative equipoise mental merit and wisdom mind mindstreams motivation Nagarjuna nirvana nonvirtuous obscurations one’s pleasure possessions Prasangikas Precious Garland qualities reason refuted reliable cognizer ripening result samsara Sautrantikas selfgrasping selflessness sentient six perfections solitary realizers someone spiritual mentors suffering sutras Svatantrikas teachings things Three Jewels true truegrasping truly existent truth body ultimate nature understand universal vehicle scriptures verse virtue virtuous wisdom realizing emptiness