The Excellent Path to Enlightenment: Oral Teachings on the Root Text of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1559390646 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A good read It is an interesting book and being interested in philosophy/Buddhist philosophy it is a good read. I would suggest this as a book to other interested in similar genres of text, but I do find literature from the Dali Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh more reader friendly.I guess this may be a read for
"A straightforward, heartfelt guide to being a bodhisattva."—Tricycle: The Buddhist Review"An essential and utterly clear insight of Tibetan Buddhist practice."—The Tibet Journal
Clear, direct, and personal, these instructions illuminate the heart of Vajrayana practice. The vow to perfect oneself in order to perfect others is called the thought of enlightenment or bodhichitta. Included here are the Tibetan text as well as the mantras and prayers commonly recited in conjunction with this practice.. This implies that every single action word or thought even the most trivial is dedicated to the good of all beings. In this book, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche explains a key practice text composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) on the Vajrayana preliminaries: taking refuge, generating the thought of achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings, performing the meditation, and recitation of Vajrasattva to remove hindrances on the path to enlightenment, offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom, and developing proper reliance on a spiritual teacher. To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress