- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: North Atlantic Books (Mar 16 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1556431929
- ISBN-13: 978-1556431920
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,050,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"In one book you have marvelous representations of what the Tibetans call the two interpenetrating aspects of the enlightened mind: its boundless compassion and its "empty" wisdom. On whether we learn how to unite compassion with the 'wisdom of emptiness,' how both to care enough to work with enough selfless detachment in the middle of raging and devouring chaos, depends the future. To that future, this book is a wonderful gift, the gift of a wonderful man whose heart and mind are as spacious as the universe, and whose life is that of an authentic and humble hero of truth."
-from the Introduction by Andrew Harvey
-from the Introduction by Andrew Harvey
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Essential Teachings presents the first English translation of a series of talks given in 1974 by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India—the site of the Buddha's enlightenment—to a gathering of Tibetan refugees and Western Buddhists. His precise and eloquent commentary on the "Path of the Bodhisattva," one of the most important teaching texts of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, offers a step-by-step guide to thirty-seven practices designed to help cultivate the spirit of compassion for all life and service to others that is at the heart of Buddhism.
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A jewel of spiritual wisdom, Jun 27 2006
By Robert L. Rose - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Essential Teachings (Paperback)
This is an audacious and courageous book by a living lesson in love, the Dalai Lama himself.The teaching here, to echo the words from Shantideva, is itself the "living ground of love for innumerable beings." And this ground, uncovered and cultivated within, becomes a seedbed of compassion for ourselves and for others.
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Practical and well written, Feb 25 2007
By Richard A. Singer Jr. "Author of Eastern Wisd... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Essential Teachings (Paperback)
This book is a great resource for those wishing to practice the principles of Buddhist living. It introduces and explains the essential practices of Buddhism. Great introduction and written in a way that anyone can understand. There is noone better than the Dalai lama to get this crucial knowledge from.Definitely recommended.
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