Kindness, Clarity, and Insight: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama His Holiness Tensin Gyatso - Softcover

Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho Jeffrey Hopkins

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9788120815131: Kindness, Clarity, and Insight: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama His Holiness Tensin Gyatso

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ISBN 10: 8120815130 ISBN 13: 9788120815131

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass,, 2002

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In this collection of talks given by the dalai lama during his tour of north america, his holiness discusses a wide variety of spiritual and human concerns with his characteristic warmth, with and perception not limited to buddhists or to religious believers, the dalai lamas direct, practical message speaks to people everywhere of the importance of kindness, love and compassion appealing both to the mind and to the heart, he urges all humanity to consider the delicacy of the current world situation and to work at reshaping attitudes for a better society his message of hope celebrates the indomitable human spirit and affirms the everpresent potential for individual and social transformation in the later chapters the dalai lama elucidates with insight and profundity various topics of buddhist doctrines a concluding discourse explains the basic meeting points of thought between the old and new schools in tibet especially the nying-ma and ge-luk-to show their common aim, despite their use of different techniques to manifest the innate mind of clear light

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Nearly twenty-five years after its original publication, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight is still widely considered the most readable, yet substantive and wide-ranging, of His Holiness' works. Broad in scope and revealing the depth of his knowledge, these teachings display the range of the Dalai Lama and his message, covering a plethora of topics, including: the need for compassion, the common goals of the world's religions, karma, the four noble truths, the luminous nature of the mind, meditative concentration, selflessness, the two truths, and the fundamental innate mind of clear light that all the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism aim at manifesting. Although others in Tibet have mentioned that all orders of Tibetan Buddhism have the same basic outlook, the Dalai Lama is the first to explain in detail how this is so, his brilliant syncretic exposition being the final chapter in this book.

The book's twenty chapters are deftly arranged in a developmental sequence so that readers easily understand the background needed to appreciate the more complex, later topics. Taken as a whole, the teachings in this book provide an accessible map of Tibetan spiritual culture.

The teachings in this book comprehend and encapsulate in a crisp and concise manner all of the topics to which the Dalai Lama returns repeatedly the core subject matter of Tibetan Buddhism. Readers of this single volume, undaunting in size, will be well prepared for understanding all of the Dalai Lama's subsequent books. This book remains the heart-message of this great world leader.

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Kindness, Clarity, and Insight is widely considered the most readable, yet substantive and wide-ranging, of the Dalai Lama's works. This celebratory new edition of the very first book of teachings by the Dalai Lama in the English speaking world coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of that historic first teaching series in North America. Translated into twelve languages, it is a testament to the kindness, clarity, and insight of its contents.

The teachings in this book comprehend and encapsulate in a crisp and concise manner all of the topics to which the Dalai Lama returns repeatedly--the core subject matter of Tibetan Buddhism. Readers of this single volume, undaunting in size, will be well prepared for understanding all of the Dalai Lama's subsequent books. This book remains the heart-message of this great world leader.

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