{"product_id":"9788878341203","title":"Parting from the Four Attachments","description":"This teaching, the path of all Buddhas of the past and of the future\u003cp\u003ethat contains all the deep meanings of all the Sutras combined in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractical way, is known as the Mind Training or Pith Instructions,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresented by the great masters in the most practical way through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir own experience. The history of this teaching is this. When\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe great Lama Sakyapa was twelve years old, his spiritual master\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuggested that since he was the son of a great spiritual master he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshould study the teaching; however, in order to study the teaching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe needed first to acquire wisdom. In order to acquire wisdom, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad to practise Manjushri, the manifestation of all the Buddhas'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewisdom. Sakyapa's spiritual master, Pari Lotsawa, one of the greatest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etranslators, gave him the initiation of Manjushri and all the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eteachings related to Manjushri and then asked his disciple to do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea meditation retreat. After completing six months of meditation,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone day in his pure vision he saw Manjushri in person sitting on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejewel throne, his hands in the teaching mudra, with two Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattendants, one on each side. Then the main deity Manjushri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egave this teaching, which is made up of four lines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have attachment to this life, you are not a religious person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have attachment to the world of existence, you do not have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erenunciation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have attachment to your own purpose, you have no Enlightenment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThought (Bodhicitta).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf grasping arises, you do not have the view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the paths of the Sutrayana are included in these four lines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shang Shung Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50085182603504,"sku":"9788878341203","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788878341203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}