Buddhist teachings on awakening to our natural intelligence
Dzigar Kongtrül.
1st ed
Boston
Shambhala
2008
xvi, 125 pages ; 23 cm
The five self-centered emotions: --; Self-clinging: the juice of self-centered emotions --; Guilty as charged!: a case against jealousy --; The other side of the fence: a case against aggression --; Invisible strings: a case against attachment --; Entering the circle of dogs: a case against arrogance --; Connecting seed and fruit: a case against stupidity --; Working with others: --; The lenchak dynamic: not a healthy kind of love --; Part of the equation: no room for indifference --; Putting others in the center: the fundamental principle --; Faith: opening the shutters --; Working with a teacher: not a one-hand clap --; Devotion and lineage: from the womb of the mother --; Teachings on emptiness: --; Mere appearance: thinking like an elephant --; The haunted dominion of the mind: shaken from within --; The unfindability of phenomena: disassembling delusion --; Light comes through: potential and entirety.
Contends that the secret to achieving happiness and fulfillment lies in shifting the focus outward and showing a concern for others, and describes how to develop natural intelligence and innate compassion through the practice of Buddhist mediation and contemplation.