The Great Chariot

by Longchenpa | 268,580 words

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Summary: A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness

In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’.

In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’

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Source 2: sacred-texts.com

Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the The Great Chariot in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

The Homage and the Vow to Compose

+ Chapter I - The Freedoms and Favors, so Difficult to Obtain

. A. The general explanation of being free and well favored, so difficult to obtain

. B. Delineating the nature of the freedoms and favors

. C. The nature of the environment and inhabitants of the phenomenal world

. D. Dedicating the Merit

+ Chapter II - The Impermanence of Life

. A. The brief teaching

. B. The extended explanation

. C. The three instructions of striving

. D. The final summary

. E. Dedicating the merit of the situation

+ Chapter III - The Sufferings of Samsara

. A. The general explanation of the nature of suffering

. B. The extended explanation of the particulars

. C. It is right to contemplate the sufferings of samsara

. D. the dedication of merit of the situation

+ Chapter IV - Karma, Cause, and Effect

. A. The Brief Teaching Of The Essence

. B. The extensive explanation of the nature of karma

. C. The final summary

. D. The dedication of the merit of this extensive explanation

+ Chapter V - Relying on the Spiritual Friend

. A. The teacher who teaches the path without error

. B. The source of all truth and goodness

. C. The instruction to rely on these holy ones and abandon what is evil

. D. Beings to be avoided, along with those associated with them

. E. Knowing what is to be abandoned and accepted, and how the siddhis are received

. F. The dedication of the merit to sentient beings

+ Chapter VI - Going for Refuge

. A. The stages of entering the path of Mahayana

. B. The particular objects of refuge

. C. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter VII - The Four immeasurables

. A. The description of the four Brahma-viharas

. B. The teaching of the particulars

. C. The teaching of the particular objects of meditation

. D. The faults of an impure meditation object

. E. The real meditation object

. F. The Expressions

. G. How to meditate

. H. Further explanation of the way of meditating

. I. The fruition

. J. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter VIII - Bodhicitta, the Mind Focused on Complete Enlightenment

. A. Meditating on the root of all dharmas, the two bodhicittas

. B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta

. C. The dedication of merit for the general topics

+ Chapter IX - Unifying the Developing Stage and the Perfecting Stage

. A. Resolving the view

. B. The explanation of meditation practice

. C. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes

. A. Entering into the nature of all dharmas, the unborn

. B. The view that realizes suchness

. C. What is to be abandoned

. D. Abandoning

. E. There is no realization by the words of doctrine

. F. Passing the pass

. G. The conviction of realization

. H. The explanation of the primordial liberation of appearance and mind

. I. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter XI - Meditation, the Chapter of Spotless dhyana

. A. Having resolved the view, we should meditate

. B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low

. C. The stages of the paths of meditation on this

. D. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter XII - The Limbs of the Path of Skillful Means in Establishing samadhi

. A. The instruction to train in the cause establishing dhyana

. B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis

. C. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter XIII - The Fruition, the Great Self-existence

. A. The teaching of the establishment of the kayas and wisdoms, by completing the path

. B. The explanation of the kayas and wisdoms

. C. How these arise from space and dissolve into space, the final summary

. D. The dedication of merit

+ Chapter XIV - Conclusion

. A. The overall dedication of merit of these teachings

. B. As for the reason why this needed to be composed

. C. The brief teaching of the way of the ground, path, and fruition of sutra and tantra

. D. So that merit may increase, adornments of auspicious verses are composed

. E. Concluding Verses

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Last Updated: 13 June, 2024

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