The Intermediate Stages of Meditation
Description
His Holiness's teachings were based on: The Middle Stages of Meditation by Kamalashila. This concise text teaches how to generate the two kinds of bodhichitta, conventional and ultimate, both of which are permeated by kindness and compassion and serve as the roots for all qualities of Buddhahood.
This event was held in observance of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 80th birthday. (Source: Book Introduction)
- Tibetan text on pages 1-53 correspond with English content of pages 55-86
- 1. Preface 55
- 2. Introduction 57
- 3. The Intermediate Stages of Meditation by Acharya Kamalashila 59
- 4. White Tara Long Life Offering Ritual by the Great Fifth Dalai Lama
- Preparatory Rituals in Tibetan 87
- Actual Ceremony of Long Life 125
- 5. Prayer for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama210
