The Process of Awakening

Part I Introduction to The Process of Awakening Bloodline

1. The Process of Awakening study guide presents a practice model that combines Yogacara Buddhist concepts with Emergent Knowledge
2. The blended model offers a creative means of understanding and fulfilling the process of awakening.
3. Formulated for lay practitioners
   (What the Buddha Taught, The Principal Teachings of Buddhism)

Part II Shakyamuni Buddha’s Teaching on The Four Dhyana

1. Definition of Shakyamuni Buddha’s definition in the Lankatavara Sutra of the Four Concentrations
2. Shows how the intuitive dialogue between the Personal and Universal Aspects of Mind is the heart of Buddhist practice
3. Unstated introduction to Ashvaghosa’s Four Aspects of Faith found in Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana
4. Unstated introduction to the Four Awakenings found in Tending the Fire
   (The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li, Dokusan with Dogen, The Posture of Meditation, Lankavatara Sutra)

Part III Unfolding the Eightfold Path: A Contemporary Zen Perspective [UTEP]

1. Example of how to use Buddha’s outline of a skillful means to make one of your own
2. Introduces the teaching of the Five Ranks in the Five Sections [Five Triads]
   (Unfolding the Eightfold Path: A Contemporary Zen Perspective, Toward o Psychology of Awakening, Lotus in the Stream)

Part IV Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening [TTF]

1. Example of how to create a skillful means based on personal experience
2. Introduction of principles and function of Yogacara Buddhism
3. Illustrates the Three Aspects of the Process of Awakening, the Four Awakenings, and their relationship to Zazen practice
   (Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening, Core Ideas)

Part V EMERGENT KNOWLEDGE AND ZEN PRACTICE [EK]

1. The Emergent Knowledge and Zen Practice describes the adaptation of Emergent Knowledge to Zen practice, along with a summary of the commonalities and differences of Ta-hui’s “observation of the critical phase” and Emergent Knowledge.
2. A combination of Buddhist teaching [Yogacara] and a Western skillful means [Resolution Sequence] is applied to identify and resolve the root causes of conditioned states. (Emergent Knowledge and Zen Practice Booklet)

Part VI Becoming Literate in the Process of Awakening [BPLA]

1. Explains the symbology of Tending the Fire and its representation of Yogacara Buddhist teaching and practice
2. Uses teaching of the Lankavatara Sutra as a guide for the process of awakening
3. Expands the underlying principles of the Five Ranks in the teachings of Tung-shan, Dōgen, and Hakuin.
   (Becoming Literate in the Process of Awakening, Lankavatara Sutra, Genjo Koan)

Part VII  The Non-duality Resolution Sequence and and Tsung-Mi’s Analysis of Mind [AOM]

1. The Analysis of Mind Booklet: Tsung-mi’s teaching explains the Yogacara law of karma and introduces the teachings of Ashvaghosa [Anabotei]
   (The Nonduality Resolution Sequence and Tsung-mi’s Analysis of Mind Booklet, Essays from Sudden and Gradual and Zongmi on Chan)

Part VIII  The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana  [AOF]

1. Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: Ashvaghosa’s in-depth teaching on the Five Ranks and the Path of Buddhahood
   (The Principle and Practice of Mahayana Buddhism, Lankavatara Sutra)