Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: What is Our Mind?; How the Mind is Able to Move The Gross, Subtle and Very Subtle Minds; Primary Minds and Mental Factors; The Five All-accompanying Mental Factors; The Five Object-ascertaining Mental Factors; The Eleven Virtuous Mental Factors; Virtue, Non-virtue and Delusion;The Six Root Delusions; The Twenty Secondary Delusions; The Four Changeable Mental Factors; PART TWO: Conceptual and Non-Conceptual Minds; Sense and Mental Awarenesses; Direct Perceivers; Subsequent Cognizers; Re-cognizers; Correct Beliefs; Non-ascertaining Perceivers; Non-deluded Doubts; Wrong Awarenesse;s Valid and Non-valid Cognizers; Meditation: Meditation of a person of initial scope; Meditation of a person of middling scope; Meditation of a person of great scope; Conclusion; Dedication; Appendix I - The Condensed Meaning of the Text; Appendix II - Sadhanas 'Liberating Prayer', 'Essence of Good Fortune'; Glossary; Bibliography; Study Programmes of Kadampa Buddhism; Tharpa Offices Worldwide; Index

About the Author

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism who has pioneered the introduction of modern Buddhism into contemporary society. He is the author of 22 highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1200 Kadampa Buddhist centres and groups throughout the world.

Reviews

'Astonishingly, what has been produced here is actually a new and self-explanatory Buddhist commentarial text composed in English.' - Buddhist Studies Review