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As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. In this very special book, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel Prize winner, and bestselling... read more
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According to some Buddhist schools, Shakyamuni Buddha first became enlightened in India in the sixth century B.C., through practice of the path.>
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Foreward
Introduction: The Need for Peace and Kindness
I. The Basics
1. Three Ways to Practice
II. Practicing Morality
2. Identifying the Scope of Suffering
3. Discovering How Trouble Starts and Stops
4. Refraining from Harm
5. Extending Help
6. Aspiring to Enlightenment
III. Practicing Concentrated Meditation
7. Focusing the Mind
IV. Practicing Wisdom
8. Examining How Beings and Things Exist
9. The Middle Way
10. Mind and the Deep Nature of Mind
V. Tantra
11. Deity Yoga
VI. Steps Along the Way
12. Overview of the Path to Enlightenment
Selected Readings
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama XIV) (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Jeffrey Hopkins (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Atria Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0743427084
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Atria Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0743427084
Page Count: 240
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 294.3444
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