The Jewel Ladder:A Preliminary Nyingma Lamrim

CONTENTS......Page 8
PUBLISHER S  NOTE......Page 10
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 11
PART I : 
THE ROOT TEXT......Page 19
The  Root  Text  -The Jewel  Ladder......Page 20
PART II : 
COMMENTARY IN TRODUCTORY TEACHINGS......Page 64
Commentary/  Introductory Teachings......Page 66
Preliminaries  of Composing the Text......Page 69
Qualities  of an Author......Page 71
Obeisance......Page 72
Promise  to  Compose......Page 74
Preliminaries  of the Actual Text......Page 75
Extensive  motivation......Page 76
Precepts  of the Aspiring Mind  of Enlightenment......Page 81
Perfection  of Generosity......Page 83
Perfection  of Morality......Page 84
Perfection  of Enthusiastic  Perseverence......Page 85
Perfection  of Wisdom......Page 86
Benefits  of the  Mind  of Enlightenment......Page 87
Taking Faith  as  a  Path......Page 89
Taking Aspiration  as  a  Path......Page 90
How a Teacher  must  give  a  Discourse......Page 91
Three Scopes  of person......Page 93
Recognizing the  Freedom  and  Endowments......Page 96
Rarity of Finding a  Precious  Human  Rebirth......Page 101
Significance  of Precious  Human  Rebirth......Page 104
Contemplating Death  and  Impermanence  of Human  Rebirth......Page 106
Death  is  Certain......Page 107
The Time  of Death  is  Uncertain......Page 110
At  Death  only Dharma  is  of Benefit......Page 113
Contemplating the  Drawbacks of Cyclic  Existence......Page 116
The  Sufferings of the Three  Lower  Realms......Page 117
The Sufferings of the  Hot  Hells......Page 121
The  Sufferings of the  Cold  Hells......Page 126
The Sufferings of the  Neighbouring  hells......Page 130
The  Sufferings of Occasional  hells......Page 133
The  Sufferings of the  Hungry Ghosts......Page 136
The  Sufferings of the Animals......Page 140
The  Sufferings  of the  Higher  Realms......Page 144
Contemplating  the  Law of Cause  and  Effect......Page 155
The  General  Contemplation  of Cause  and  Effect......Page 156
The Specific  Contemplation  of Cause  and  Effect......Page 160
Transforming the  Unspecified  Karmas into  Virtues......Page 176
A  Summary of the  Four  Noble Truths......Page 180
The Truth  of Origin  of Suffering......Page 183
The Truth  of Suffering......Page 187
The Truth  of Path......Page 190
The Truth  of Cessation......Page 195
Concluding  Remarks  on  the  Four  Noble Truths......Page 197
Taking  Refuge......Page 200
Footnotes......Page 205
PART III :  A GUYIDE TO THE NYINGMA LAMRIM......Page 214
PART IV :   A GUIDE TO THE NYINGMA LAMRIM   (Tibetan Text)......Page 230