Introduction to Buddhism : : an Explanation of the Buddhist way of Life
Book - 2008 294.3 Ke, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Religion & Spirituality / Buddhism / Kelsang Gyatso, Geshe 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: 294.3 Ke, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Religion & Spirituality / Buddhism / Kelsang Gyatso, Geshe
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Includes index.
pt. 1. Basic Buddhism. Who was Buddha? -- Understanding the mind -- Past and future lives -- What is karma? -- Our precious human life -- What is meditation? -- Death -- The Buddhist way of life -- pt. 2. The path to liberation. What is liberation? -- Developing renunciation -- The three higher trainings -- pt. 3. The path to enlightenment. Becoming a boddhisattva -- The bodhisattva's way of life -- Ultimate truth -- Enlightenment -- Dedication -- Appendix I : the commitments of going for refuge -- Appendix II : Liberating prayer and Mahayana sutra of the three superior heaps.
Gyatso offers the basic teachings of Buddha in a brilliantly clear and concise introduction to the vast subject of Buddhism.
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PUBLISHED
Glen Spey, N.Y. : Tharpa Publications, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780978906764
0978906764
9780978906771
0978906772
SUBJECTS
Buddhism.