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The Mahayana Teachings begin with an introduction and overview,
called "Heart of Daring." Our studies of selflessness in the
Hinayana are the jumping off point for examination of Mahayana
selflessness, which broadens the notion beyond personal
selflessness into the vastness of mahasunyata, or the "great
emptiness." Parallel with these studies, we look at the Mahayana
teachings of the possibility of generating limitless compassion,
the unbounded intention to help all sentient beings, known in
Sanskrit as bodhichitta.
In the second course, we begin detailed studies of the expanded
view of emptiness, which grounds the activity of limitless
compassion. We begin by looking at the way the mind structures our
reality through categories of consciousness and realms of
existence. We continue this detailed look at emptiness by a closer
examination of the interdependence of all phenomena. What are we to
make of the logical conclusion of these studies that all phenomena
have no self-nature? Is this lack of self-nature is a mere vacuity?
To answer this, we look at the teachings on wisdom as luminous
clarity.
In the concluding classes in our Mahayana Path, we look at the
practices and results of the Mahayana path. The bodhisattva
intention to benefit all beings without limitation is made possible
by a firm understanding that there are no inherent limitations on
compassionate activity. Moreover, we learn that such activity is
not a vague invitation to engage in "good works" of an unspecified
nature. Rather, the Mahayana teachings provide a detailed roadmap
of paths and levels of accomplishment that are achieved through the
specific techniques of the Mahayana path. The final attainment is
Mahayana enlightenment. These teachings also provide a bridge to
our study of the Vajrayana path.
300 Series Mahayana: Compassion Without Limit
| INT300 |
Introduction to Mahayana: The Heart of Daring |
| Mahayana Selflessness and Compassion | |
| The Vision of Bodhichitta | |
| Applying Bodhichitta and The Stages of The Path | |
| Enlightenment and The Spiritual Friend | |
| MAH310 |
Mahayana View I: Everything is Mind |
| Overview of the Four Philosophical Schools | |
| The Eight Consciousnesses, Perception and Concept | |
| The Eight Consciousnesses and The Six Realms | |
| The Three Natures | |
| MAH311 |
Mahayana View II: Not Even a Middle |
| Nagarjuna and the Middle Way | |
| Madhyamaka Schools and Approaches to the Two Truths | |
| The Two Truths and Interdependence | |
| Shentong: The Great Madhyamaka | |
| Clear Light Sugatagarbha: Heart of the Shentong View | |
| MAH330 |
Mahayana Path, the Meditation |
| Four Mindfulnesses | |
| The Bodhisattva Vow: Absolute and Relative Bodhichitta | |
| The Six Paramitas: Practice of the Bodhisattvas | |
| MAH331 | Seven Points of Mind Training |
| MAH350 | The Five Paths: Process of Enlightenment |
| The Path of Accumulation | |
| The Path of Unification | |
| The Path of Seeing (1st Bodhisattva Bhumi) | |
| The Path of Meditation (2nd through 10th Bodhisattva Bhumi) | |
| The Path of No-More Learning | |
| Mahayana Fruition, The Path of No-More Learning | |
| Enlightenment in the Mahayana Buddhism | |
| The Three Kayas | |
| The Five Wisdoms of Buddha and the Five Buddha Families | |
| Mahayana as the ground for Vajrayana |