Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism

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Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism presents methods for generating compassion according to oral and written traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The first part is a series of meditations by Kensur Lekden, abbot of the Tantric College of Lower Lhasa, Tibet, in the 1950's. Free and intimate in style, these meditations take one through the steps of cultivating altruism-beginning with the nature of life in the cycle of rebirth and describing in lively detail how to reflect on personal relationships so that heartfelt love and compassion are generated. The abbot alsó telis how to contemplate mind and body so as to develop wisdom about their ultimate nature. Part Two is a work by Tsong-ka-pa, a Tibetan yogi and scholar of the fourteenth century, explaining the importance of compassion at all levels, detailing its types, and describing the deeds motivated by it. The combination of a contemporary Lama's meditations and an earlier great master's explanations provides a unique blend of the oral and... Tovább

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Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism presents methods for generating compassion according to oral and written traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The first part is a series of meditations by Kensur Lekden, abbot of the Tantric College of Lower Lhasa, Tibet, in the 1950's. Free and intimate in style, these meditations take one through the steps of cultivating altruism-beginning with the nature of life in the cycle of rebirth and describing in lively detail how to reflect on personal relationships so that heartfelt love and compassion are generated. The abbot alsó telis how to contemplate mind and body so as to develop wisdom about their ultimate nature. Part Two is a work by Tsong-ka-pa, a Tibetan yogi and scholar of the fourteenth century, explaining the importance of compassion at all levels, detailing its types, and describing the deeds motivated by it. The combination of a contemporary Lama's meditations and an earlier great master's explanations provides a unique blend of the oral and written traditions of Tibetan Buddhism on the principal motivation for enlightenment- compassionate commitment to others' welfare. Shining with the sun of Buddha's teaching reflected so brightly in snowy Tibet, these practices vividly portray the profound altruism that is at the heart of Buddhism. The translator, Jeffrey Hopkins, is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia. He is co-author of Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism and Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism. Vissza