Author: Dalai Lama Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 161429626X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 794
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The newest volume in the bestselling series from the Dalai Lama. Delve into the substance of spiritual practice in this fourth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive series on the path to awakening, Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps. You’ll first hear His Holiness’s explanation of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, why they are reliable guides on the path, and how to relate to them. His Holiness then describes the three essential trainings common to all Buddhist traditions: the higher trainings in ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom. These chapters show us how to live a life free of harm to self or others and give us detailed instructions on how to develop single-pointed concentration as well as the higher states of concentration available to an earnest practitioner. In addition, the chapters on wisdom contain in-depth teachings on the noble eightfold path and the four establishments of mindfulness for developing greater awareness and understanding of our body, feelings, mind, and other phenomena. Together, these topics form the core of Buddhist practice. This is a book to treasure and refer to repeatedly as you begin the path, progress on it, and near the final goal of nirvana.
Author: Kathryn R. Blackstone Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136805699 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 200
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A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship. Important to anyone investigating women's own perspective on their religion. Also provides a clear statement about how renunciants understand nibbana.
Author: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche Publisher: ISBN: 9781733541138 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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What is the Buddha's teaching really? What we're really talking about is love. We're talking about kindness and compassion, and about how to remove and release the grasping of duality. This isn't only taught in Buddhism. The nature isn't dominated by any one tradition. The nature is free, open, and relaxed.The Buddha simply pointed out the way the nature is. This is what the gracious teacher Buddha taught and what he practiced. His actions followed his words. He was humble and simple, and walked with bare feet, holding an alms bowl, picking up his own food along with his students.The Buddha loved all living beings like his only child. Love and compassion have no boundaries. We need to reactivate these beautiful qualities within ourselves. This will make our lives meaningful. We will be happy, peaceful, and joyful in this life, and we will leave this life with joy, peace, and happiness. We will also leave a good legacy and example for our family members, friends, neighbors, and for everyone we're connected with.
Author: Pankaj Mishra Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1429933631 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 433
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An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among Islamists and the emerging Hindu middle class, looking for this most enigmatic of religious figures, exploring the myths and places of the Buddha's life, and discussing Western explorers' "discovery" of Buddhism in the nineteenth century. He also considers the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. As he reflects on his travels and on his own past, Mishra shows how the Buddha wrestled with problems of personal identity, alienation, and suffering in his own, no less bewildering, times. In the process Mishra discovers the living meaning of the Buddha's teaching, in the world and for himself. The result is the most three-dimensional, convincing book on the Buddha that we have.
Author: Sunita Pant Bansal Publisher: Smriti Books ISBN: 9788187967736 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 132
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Buddha was great philosopher who came near to revolutionising the religious thought and feeling of Asia. The starting point of Gautama Buddha's philosophy was his own question as a fortunate young man, why am I not completely happy?. It was an introspective question. Buddha concentrated upon Self and sought to destroy it.
Author: Ronit Gabay Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781713382515 Category : Languages : en Pages : 212
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This book brings the Masters together to take on a journey of seeking truth. They asked questions about beliefs; they were inspired to follow their truth in spite of resistance; they paved a path that reflects their vision. Though they never met, they walked the seven steps path for enlightenment. This book wishes to reveal the secret path to you, to share pivotal moments from their lives in order to inspire you to walk this journey and reveal your own truth. Your truth will set you free.
Author: Sangharakshita Publisher: Windhorse Publications ISBN: 1907314334 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 276
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To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions.
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1448175194 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 610
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‘The Buddha was the source. Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from the source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.’ In Old Path White Clouds, the world's revered master of mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh, retells the story of the Buddha in his own inimitably beautiful style. He draws upon Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese sources to trace the Buddha’s life slowly and gently through the course of eighty years. Seen partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself and partly through those of Svasti, the buffalo boy, Old Path White Clouds brings the Buddha closer to us as we journey with him on his path to enlightenment and nirvana.
Author: Dalai Lama
Author: Kathryn R. Blackstone
Author: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Author: Marie Beuzeville Byles
Author: René Grousset
Author: Pankaj Mishra
Author: Sunita Pant Bansal
Author: Ronit Gabay
Author: Sangharakshita
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh