Vasubandhu's "Three Natures"
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Vasubandhu's "Three Natures"

A Practitioner's Guide for Liberation

  1. 290 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Vasubandhu's "Three Natures"

A Practitioner's Guide for Liberation

About this book

In this book, Ben Connelly shows the power of integrating early Buddhist psychology with the Mahayana emphasis on collective liberation. You'll discover how wisdom from fourth-century India can be harnessed to heal and transform systems of harm within ourselves and our communities. The three natures (svabhavas)—the imaginary, dependent, and complete, realized natures—are inherent aspects of all phenomena. The imaginary nature of things is what we think they are. Their dependent nature is that they appear to arise from countless conditions. The complete, realized nature is that they aren't as we imagine them to be: things that can be grasped or pushed away. The three natures form the backbone of Yogacara philosophy, and by showing us how to see beyond our preconceived notions of ourselves and others, beyond the things that we're convinced are "true, " they open up a path to personal and communal healing. Dive into this empowering approach to freedom from suffering, from harmful personal and social patterns, and to finding peace and joyfulness in the present.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. Three Natures
  6. 2. Experience, Imagination, and Interdependence
  7. 3. It’s Not What You Think
  8. 4. Not Two
  9. 5. Mind Only
  10. 6. Eight Consciousnesses
  11. 7. Seeds and Fruit
  12. 8. A Threefold Illusion
  13. 9. Cause and Effect
  14. 10. Free from Within Duality
  15. 11. Relax, This Really Matters
  16. 12. Painting the Moon in Water
  17. 13. Nonduality Is Real
  18. 14. Oneness and Duality
  19. 15. Life Has Arisen Like This
  20. 16. The Taste of Freedom
  21. 17. Suffering and Freedom
  22. 18. Samsara and Nirvana Are One
  23. 19. Already Buddha
  24. 20. Ain’t No Thang
  25. 21. Intimacy Is Transcendence
  26. 22. There Is a Path
  27. 23. Breaking the Chain
  28. 24. Nonself, No-self, and Nondual
  29. 25. Right View: Both/And
  30. 26. Nothing to Hold Onto
  31. 27. The Illusory Elephant
  32. 28. Learning the Trick
  33. 29. Trauma, Perception, and Healing
  34. 30. Thusness and Things
  35. 31. Knowledge, Relinquishment, and Realization
  36. 32. Both Perception and Nonperception
  37. 33. Let It All Go
  38. 34. Seeing Through the Magic Trick
  39. 35. Projection Only
  40. 36. There Is No Mind in Mind Only
  41. 37. Enter Where You Are
  42. 38. This Very Body, for Everyone
  43. ā€œTreatise on Three Naturesā€
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. Notes
  46. Selected Bibliography
  47. Index
  48. About the Author and Translator
  49. Copyright