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by (Editor: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Editorial Staff International Buddhism Sangha Association) (Foreword: International Buddhism Sangha Association)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Buddhism Publishing/World Dharma Voice (2008)
ISBN: 1892727412
EAN: 9781892727411
Hardcover: 557 pages
Edition: Revised First Edition 2008
SKU: 090108050
Condition: New
Comments: still in shrink wrap
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Oversize hardcover sharing the teachings, principles, disciplines and practices of Buddha-dharma as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. English and Chinese text. This book documents the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang the Third, the leader of all Buddhas and the highest and greatest Buddha in the dharma realm. His Holiness is a Buddha--in fact, the primordial Buddha. He wishes to help restore the correct dharma and to give us dharma methods that are suitable for our age and place. This extraordinary book details thirty categories of accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. This book also contains the translations of his discourses and demonstrates an outstanding and unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism (the Tripitaka), esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas attained by H. H. Dorje Chang III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.Although the Five Vidyas are simplistically defined as the Healing, Craftsmanship (art and technology), Sound, Causality (logic), and Inner-Realization, they really represent all that is good in the universethe original or true nature of everything. Very briefly, they include fixing that which is broken, incomplete, or inferior; creating beauty or joy; all forms of communication by sentient and non-sentient beings or things; the relationship between cause and effect; and supernormal powers. The Five Vidyas are the manifestation of the powers and wisdoms of holy beings. These vidyas represent the realization of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they are the result of what holy beings do. They encompass everything seen and unseen, animate and inanimate in the universe that is beneficial to living beings. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. That is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as bright, while that which confuses and is evil is classified as dark.
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by (Editor: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Editorial Staff International Buddhism Sangha Association) (Foreword: International Buddhism Sangha Association)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Buddhism Publishing/World Dharma Voice (2008)
ISBN: 1892727412
EAN: 9781892727411
Hardcover: 557 pages
Edition: Revised First Edition 2008
SKU: 090108050
Condition: New
Comments: still in shrink wrap
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Oversize hardcover sharing the teachings, principles, disciplines and practices of Buddha-dharma as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. English and Chinese text. This book documents the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang the Third, the leader of all Buddhas and the highest and greatest Buddha in the dharma realm. His Holiness is a Buddha--in fact, the primordial Buddha. He wishes to help restore the correct dharma and to give us dharma methods that are suitable for our age and place. This extraordinary book details thirty categories of accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. This book also contains the translations of his discourses and demonstrates an outstanding and unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism (the Tripitaka), esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas attained by H. H. Dorje Chang III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.Although the Five Vidyas are simplistically defined as the Healing, Craftsmanship (art and technology), Sound, Causality (logic), and Inner-Realization, they really represent all that is good in the universethe original or true nature of everything. Very briefly, they include fixing that which is broken, incomplete, or inferior; creating beauty or joy; all forms of communication by sentient and non-sentient beings or things; the relationship between cause and effect; and supernormal powers. The Five Vidyas are the manifestation of the powers and wisdoms of holy beings. These vidyas represent the realization of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they are the result of what holy beings do. They encompass everything seen and unseen, animate and inanimate in the universe that is beneficial to living beings. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. That is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as bright, while that which confuses and is evil is classified as dark.
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by (Editor: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Editorial Staff International Buddhism Sangha Association) (Foreword: International Buddhism Sangha Association)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Buddhism Publishing/World Dharma Voice (2008)
ISBN: 1892727412
EAN: 9781892727411
Hardcover: 557 pages
Edition: Revised First Edition 2008
SKU: 090108050
Condition: New
Comments: still in shrink wrap
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Oversize hardcover sharing the teachings, principles, disciplines and practices of Buddha-dharma as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. English and Chinese text. This book documents the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang the Third, the leader of all Buddhas and the highest and greatest Buddha in the dharma realm. His Holiness is a Buddha--in fact, the primordial Buddha. He wishes to help restore the correct dharma and to give us dharma methods that are suitable for our age and place. This extraordinary book details thirty categories of accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. This book also contains the translations of his discourses and demonstrates an outstanding and unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism (the Tripitaka), esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas attained by H. H. Dorje Chang III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.Although the Five Vidyas are simplistically defined as the Healing, Craftsmanship (art and technology), Sound, Causality (logic), and Inner-Realization, they really represent all that is good in the universethe original or true nature of everything. Very briefly, they include fixing that which is broken, incomplete, or inferior; creating beauty or joy; all forms of communication by sentient and non-sentient beings or things; the relationship between cause and effect; and supernormal powers. The Five Vidyas are the manifestation of the powers and wisdoms of holy beings. These vidyas represent the realization of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they are the result of what holy beings do. They encompass everything seen and unseen, animate and inanimate in the universe that is beneficial to living beings. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. That is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as bright, while that which confuses and is evil is classified as dark.
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by (Editor: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Editorial Staff International Buddhism Sangha Association) (Foreword: International Buddhism Sangha Association)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Buddhism Publishing/World Dharma Voice (2008)
ISBN: 1892727412
EAN: 9781892727411
Hardcover: 557 pages
Edition: Revised First Edition 2008
SKU: 090108050
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Comments: still in shrink wrap
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Oversize hardcover sharing the teachings, principles, disciplines and practices of Buddha-dharma as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. English and Chinese text. This book documents the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang the Third, the leader of all Buddhas and the highest and greatest Buddha in the dharma realm. His Holiness is a Buddha--in fact, the primordial Buddha. He wishes to help restore the correct dharma and to give us dharma methods that are suitable for our age and place. This extraordinary book details thirty categories of accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. This book also contains the translations of his discourses and demonstrates an outstanding and unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism (the Tripitaka), esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas attained by H. H. Dorje Chang III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.Although the Five Vidyas are simplistically defined as the Healing, Craftsmanship (art and technology), Sound, Causality (logic), and Inner-Realization, they really represent all that is good in the universethe original or true nature of everything. Very briefly, they include fixing that which is broken, incomplete, or inferior; creating beauty or joy; all forms of communication by sentient and non-sentient beings or things; the relationship between cause and effect; and supernormal powers. The Five Vidyas are the manifestation of the powers and wisdoms of holy beings. These vidyas represent the realization of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they are the result of what holy beings do. They encompass everything seen and unseen, animate and inanimate in the universe that is beneficial to living beings. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. That is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as bright, while that which confuses and is evil is classified as dark.
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by (Editor: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Editorial Staff International Buddhism Sangha Association) (Foreword: International Buddhism Sangha Association)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Buddhism Publishing/World Dharma Voice (2008)
ISBN: 1892727412
EAN: 9781892727411
Hardcover: 557 pages
Edition: Revised First Edition 2008
SKU: 090108050
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Comments: still in shrink wrap
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Oversize hardcover sharing the teachings, principles, disciplines and practices of Buddha-dharma as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. English and Chinese text. This book documents the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang the Third, the leader of all Buddhas and the highest and greatest Buddha in the dharma realm. His Holiness is a Buddha--in fact, the primordial Buddha. He wishes to help restore the correct dharma and to give us dharma methods that are suitable for our age and place. This extraordinary book details thirty categories of accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. This book also contains the translations of his discourses and demonstrates an outstanding and unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism (the Tripitaka), esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas attained by H. H. Dorje Chang III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.Although the Five Vidyas are simplistically defined as the Healing, Craftsmanship (art and technology), Sound, Causality (logic), and Inner-Realization, they really represent all that is good in the universethe original or true nature of everything. Very briefly, they include fixing that which is broken, incomplete, or inferior; creating beauty or joy; all forms of communication by sentient and non-sentient beings or things; the relationship between cause and effect; and supernormal powers. The Five Vidyas are the manifestation of the powers and wisdoms of holy beings. These vidyas represent the realization of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they are the result of what holy beings do. They encompass everything seen and unseen, animate and inanimate in the universe that is beneficial to living beings. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. That is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as bright, while that which confuses and is evil is classified as dark.
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by Dalai Lama
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (1984-08-25)
ISBN: 0937938181
EAN: 9780937938188
Dewy Decimal #: 294.34
Paperback: 232 pages
SKU: 081608003
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: few markings..shelf wear on cover
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Though [the Dalai Lama] is one of the most erudite scholars...he has a gift for reducing his doctrine to a core of lucid practicality, crystallized in the title of his book, Kindness, Clarity and Insight.--Time Magazine
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TRULY HARD TO UNDERSTAND
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-01-21
THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THIS BOOK I FIND SPECTACULAR. I MEAN THAT HAVE ALTERED MY LIFE BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO FOLLOW. I HAD TO READ SOME PARAGRAPHS 3 TIMES AND STILL DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M AN EDUCATOR!!! THE TERMINOLOGY IS DIFFICULT AND THERE ARE WORDS IN THERE THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. THE MEANING BEHIND THE BOOK IS WONDERFUL AND I SIMPLY WISH I COULD COMPREHEND IT ALL :-(.
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The Dalai Lama in America
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-08
9 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
In 1979, after substantial political effort, H.H. the Dalai Lama made his first visit to the United States. He travelled across the country and delivered a series of lectures. The Dalai Lama visited Canada in 1980 and returned to the United States in 1981 and many times thereafter. In 1981, the Dalai Lama and his editor and translator, Professor Jeffrey Hopkins, published a book of the Dalai Lama's early lectures in North America, "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight." It was the first of many books that have since been published based upon the Dalai Lama's lectures or upon meetings and discussions with him. Happily, the book was reissued in 2006 to celebrate the 25th year of its publication as well as the anniversary of Snow Lion Publications, an American publishing house devoted exclusively to books on Tibet.
"Kindness, Clarity, and Insight" is among the best of the Dalai Lama's books in presenting his major themes and in showing the scope of his teachings, from the most fundamental and accessible to the difficult. The book consists of a series of 20 lectures delivered during the Dalai Lama's first three visits. The lectures are arranged in a progressing order of complexity, with the opening lectures giving an introduction to the Dalai Lama's thought that requires no special interest in Tibetan Buddhism while the latter lectures focus on complex, difficult matters that arise within the various Tibetan Buddhist schools. The book is fascinating to read as it moves forward.
Throughout the book, the Dalai Lama emphasizes the importance of kindness and of developing a good heart through introspection and meditation rather than through pursuit of material gain and pleasure. He emphasizes the importance of altruism -- of showing concern for and working towards the well-being of others --- and he takes a broadly ecumenical approach towards religion. In his ecumenical approach, the Dalai Lama stresses that human beings everywhere are essentially alike, despite superficial differences in culture, religion, or race, and that everyone wishes to attain happiness and avoid suffering. He stresses that every religion -- and that secularism too for that matter -- shares these goals and that the differences in doctrine and philosophy among different creeds should not obscure recognition of their underlying unity of purpose. The Dalai Lama does not force his creed or any creed on anyone.
Among the best of the earlier lectures in the book are the opening talk given at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. "Religious Values and Human Society", the lectures "Religious Harmony" and "Compassion in Global Politics" and "Buddhism East to West" which gives the Dalai Lama's early thoughts on the spread of Buddhism to the West.
But in addition to these broadly-based talks, the book includes a series of lectures providing great detail on the nature of Tibetan Buddhism. Many readers will find these lectures difficult both because the subject matter and terminology may be unfamiliar and also because the Dalai Lama's teachings make clear how different the philosophical teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are from both Western religions and Western secularism at many points. The reader should keep in mind in reading these essays the Dalai Lama's teachings earlier in the book that the fundamental goals of religion are similar while the philosophical and conceptual underpinnings differ.
The latter essays in the book that I found important include "Eight Verses for Training the Mind" in which H.H. the Dalai Lama presents eight verses written by Kadma Geshe Langri Thangpa, a Tibetan monk of the Eleventh Century, A.D. and offers a detailed commentary upon them. The goal of the verses is to create calmness in the heart and a feeling of love and compassion towards others.
The central and most difficult teaching in this book consists of a lengthy essay, "The Path to Enlightenment". This essay, based on a combination of lectures, is a discussion of a Tibetan text by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) and includes as well discussions of other important Buddhist thinkers. The Dalai Lama presents the text and offers detailed commentary. The theme of the text is the attainment of enlightenment, and the Dalai Lama expounds upon Tsongkhapa's teachings as they pertain to 1. developing the desire to be free of cyclic existence, 2. wishing to attain enlightenment for the purpose of benefitting others, and 3. developing wisdom by understanding the nature of emptiness. Each of these three steps is highly difficult and runs counter to many Western ways of understanding and behavior. Thus, these texts will be rewarding and challenging but difficult especially to readers unfamiliar with Tibetan Buddhism.
Other lectures in which the Dalai Lama discusses teachings specific to Tibetan Buddhism include "Tibetan Views and Dying" and the final lecture "Union of the Old and New Translation Schools" in which the Dalai Lama considers and tries to synthesize the views of various Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the ultimate nature of reality.
Even in the lectures most concerned with the specific teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama empasizes throughout the importance of kindness and of developing a good heart. Thus, he concludes his lecture on "The Path to Enlightenment" with these words:
"It is essential to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come."
The Dalai Lama's teachings have been an inspiration to me and to many other Americans. May you find something in this book that will inspire you.
Robin Friedman
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An Amazing Book, Brimming Over With Wisdom and Compassion
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-09-27
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
There was a time when I dismissed the Dalai Lama as the latest celebrity fad. But the more I read of him, the more I studied the man's books, the more I came to realize how wrong I was.
The Dalai Lama is the real deal. He's a geniune man of compassion in a world often full of hate, anger, and violence.
In short, his life story has become an inspiration to me. If one can let go of and rise above a past as fraught with injustice as his is, one can overcome any kind of past.
In this book -- the 25th anniversary edition of his groundbreaking work -- the Dalai Lama radiates everything the title claims that he will within its pages.
If you're new to the Dalai Lama's works, this would be a great place to start. Sure, some of his other books may be meatier. Some may even be easier to understand. But this book is solid and well worth your time.
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Offering remarkably enduring insights into the wit and wisdom of the Dalai Lama
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-04
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
The newly revised and updated twenty-fifth year anniversary edition of Kindness, Clarity, Insight by The Fourteenth Dalai Lama His Holiness Tenzino Gyatso, is expertly translated and co-edited by Jeffery Hopkins and Elizabeth Napper. Offering remarkably enduring insights into the wit and wisdom of the Dalai Lama., Kindness, Clarity, And Insight deftly covered many diverse subjects ranging from "Karma", to "Meditation", to "Eight Verses for Training the mind", to "The Path to Enlightenment", to "Tibetan Views on Dying", and so much more. An essential addition to any personal, academic, or community library Buddhist Studies reference collection and supplemental reading list, Kindness, Clarity, Insight offers a Buddhist perspective which is very strongly recommended for all students of the teachings of the Dalai Lama.
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The best author, but not the best book!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-02-22
Everything by the Dalai Lama is amazing, but I have to say that this is probably his worst book. This is the one I started reading his works on, but I would recommend reading The Art of Happiness or Ethics for the New Millenium over this one. It was only good as a starter book.
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by Dalai Lama
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (1984-08-25)
ISBN: 0937938181
EAN: 9780937938188
Dewy Decimal #: 294.34
Paperback: 232 pages
SKU: 081608003
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: few markings..shelf wear on cover
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Though [the Dalai Lama] is one of the most erudite scholars...he has a gift for reducing his doctrine to a core of lucid practicality, crystallized in the title of his book, Kindness, Clarity and Insight.--Time Magazine
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TRULY HARD TO UNDERSTAND
Rating (3)
Date: 2008-01-21
THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THIS BOOK I FIND SPECTACULAR. I MEAN THAT HAVE ALTERED MY LIFE BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO FOLLOW. I HAD TO READ SOME PARAGRAPHS 3 TIMES AND STILL DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M AN EDUCATOR!!! THE TERMINOLOGY IS DIFFICULT AND THERE ARE WORDS IN THERE THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. THE MEANING BEHIND THE BOOK IS WONDERFUL AND I SIMPLY WISH I COULD COMPREHEND IT ALL :-(.
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The Dalai Lama in America
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-02-08
9 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
In 1979, after substantial political effort, H.H. the Dalai Lama made his first visit to the United States. He travelled across the country and delivered a series of lectures. The Dalai Lama visited Canada in 1980 and returned to the United States in 1981 and many times thereafter. In 1981, the Dalai Lama and his editor and translator, Professor Jeffrey Hopkins, published a book of the Dalai Lama's early lectures in North America, "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight." It was the first of many books that have since been published based upon the Dalai Lama's lectures or upon meetings and discussions with him. Happily, the book was reissued in 2006 to celebrate the 25th year of its publication as well as the anniversary of Snow Lion Publications, an American publishing house devoted exclusively to books on Tibet.
"Kindness, Clarity, and Insight" is among the best of the Dalai Lama's books in presenting his major themes and in showing the scope of his teachings, from the most fundamental and accessible to the difficult. The book consists of a series of 20 lectures delivered during the Dalai Lama's first three visits. The lectures are arranged in a progressing order of complexity, with the opening lectures giving an introduction to the Dalai Lama's thought that requires no special interest in Tibetan Buddhism while the latter lectures focus on complex, difficult matters that arise within the various Tibetan Buddhist schools. The book is fascinating to read as it moves forward.
Throughout the book, the Dalai Lama emphasizes the importance of kindness and of developing a good heart through introspection and meditation rather than through pursuit of material gain and pleasure. He emphasizes the importance of altruism -- of showing concern for and working towards the well-being of others --- and he takes a broadly ecumenical approach towards religion. In his ecumenical approach, the Dalai Lama stresses that human beings everywhere are essentially alike, despite superficial differences in culture, religion, or race, and that everyone wishes to attain happiness and avoid suffering. He stresses that every religion -- and that secularism too for that matter -- shares these goals and that the differences in doctrine and philosophy among different creeds should not obscure recognition of their underlying unity of purpose. The Dalai Lama does not force his creed or any creed on anyone.
Among the best of the earlier lectures in the book are the opening talk given at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. "Religious Values and Human Society", the lectures "Religious Harmony" and "Compassion in Global Politics" and "Buddhism East to West" which gives the Dalai Lama's early thoughts on the spread of Buddhism to the West.
But in addition to these broadly-based talks, the book includes a series of lectures providing great detail on the nature of Tibetan Buddhism. Many readers will find these lectures difficult both because the subject matter and terminology may be unfamiliar and also because the Dalai Lama's teachings make clear how different the philosophical teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are from both Western religions and Western secularism at many points. The reader should keep in mind in reading these essays the Dalai Lama's teachings earlier in the book that the fundamental goals of religion are similar while the philosophical and conceptual underpinnings differ.
The latter essays in the book that I found important include "Eight Verses for Training the Mind" in which H.H. the Dalai Lama presents eight verses written by Kadma Geshe Langri Thangpa, a Tibetan monk of the Eleventh Century, A.D. and offers a detailed commentary upon them. The goal of the verses is to create calmness in the heart and a feeling of love and compassion towards others.
The central and most difficult teaching in this book consists of a lengthy essay, "The Path to Enlightenment". This essay, based on a combination of lectures, is a discussion of a Tibetan text by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) and includes as well discussions of other important Buddhist thinkers. The Dalai Lama presents the text and offers detailed commentary. The theme of the text is the attainment of enlightenment, and the Dalai Lama expounds upon Tsongkhapa's teachings as they pertain to 1. developing the desire to be free of cyclic existence, 2. wishing to attain enlightenment for the purpose of benefitting others, and 3. developing wisdom by understanding the nature of emptiness. Each of these three steps is highly difficult and runs counter to many Western ways of understanding and behavior. Thus, these texts will be rewarding and challenging but difficult especially to readers unfamiliar with Tibetan Buddhism.
Other lectures in which the Dalai Lama discusses teachings specific to Tibetan Buddhism include "Tibetan Views and Dying" and the final lecture "Union of the Old and New Translation Schools" in which the Dalai Lama considers and tries to synthesize the views of various Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the ultimate nature of reality.
Even in the lectures most concerned with the specific teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama empasizes throughout the importance of kindness and of developing a good heart. Thus, he concludes his lecture on "The Path to Enlightenment" with these words:
"It is essential to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come."
The Dalai Lama's teachings have been an inspiration to me and to many other Americans. May you find something in this book that will inspire you.
Robin Friedman
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An Amazing Book, Brimming Over With Wisdom and Compassion
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-09-27
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
There was a time when I dismissed the Dalai Lama as the latest celebrity fad. But the more I read of him, the more I studied the man's books, the more I came to realize how wrong I was.
The Dalai Lama is the real deal. He's a geniune man of compassion in a world often full of hate, anger, and violence.
In short, his life story has become an inspiration to me. If one can let go of and rise above a past as fraught with injustice as his is, one can overcome any kind of past.
In this book -- the 25th anniversary edition of his groundbreaking work -- the Dalai Lama radiates everything the title claims that he will within its pages.
If you're new to the Dalai Lama's works, this would be a great place to start. Sure, some of his other books may be meatier. Some may even be easier to understand. But this book is solid and well worth your time.
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Offering remarkably enduring insights into the wit and wisdom of the Dalai Lama
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-04
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
The newly revised and updated twenty-fifth year anniversary edition of Kindness, Clarity, Insight by The Fourteenth Dalai Lama His Holiness Tenzino Gyatso, is expertly translated and co-edited by Jeffery Hopkins and Elizabeth Napper. Offering remarkably enduring insights into the wit and wisdom of the Dalai Lama., Kindness, Clarity, And Insight deftly covered many diverse subjects ranging from "Karma", to "Meditation", to "Eight Verses for Training the mind", to "The Path to Enlightenment", to "Tibetan Views on Dying", and so much more. An essential addition to any personal, academic, or community library Buddhist Studies reference collection and supplemental reading list, Kindness, Clarity, Insight offers a Buddhist perspective which is very strongly recommended for all students of the teachings of the Dalai Lama.
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The best author, but not the best book!
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-02-22
Everything by the Dalai Lama is amazing, but I have to say that this is probably his worst book. This is the one I started reading his works on, but I would recommend reading The Art of Happiness or Ethics for the New Millenium over this one. It was only good as a starter book.
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by Osho
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Element Books (1994-04)
ISBN: 1852304901
EAN: 9781852304904
Dewy Decimal #: 294.3927
Paperback: 288 pages
Edition: 6th
SKU: 091308014
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...no markings or highlighting...minor wear on cover
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In No Water No Moon, Osho reveals the essence of Zen in all its beauty and mystery. Full of absurdities and humor this book is about sudden enlightenment-that supreme moment when we cease struggling to understand with our minds matters beyond the mind and jump wholeheartedly into the abyss. Osho also confides about the most profound love, the love we come to know when we finally become one with love itself. He offers us deep insights into ourselves, our individual natures and the universe in which we live.
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Pure Osho
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-28
No Water No Moon is, to me, one of the most cogent and hard-hitting of the Osho books. The 10 Zen stories that form the basis of his talks are all like goldmines of wisdom, and Osho digs down to the richest layers to reveal everything. He comes across here at his best; he really respects these stories, and seems even more inspired than usual to impart his wisdom and improve his listeners. Osho's books of general lectures (e.g. the whole Insight for Living series) are all great, but I think he is at his best when commentating on scriptures and stories. "The Buddha Said", "The Mustard Seed" and this book are my favorites in this regard. He never strays from the point, and really works up to the story so that he illuminates it with an enlightening clarity. The stories themselves are just treasures on their own, and his comments double the value. This is one that you should buy while there are still copies available. The Element softcovers are beautifully produced.
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One of the nicest books on Zen explained in simple terms
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-11-30
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
An insight into the world of Zen explaind to the level of an amateur. There are many beautiful stories highlighting important points in the most absorbing manner, which any other author would have found very difficult to explain. I think everybody should read this book irrespective of their religion.
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Osho provides a master's depth of view to the meaning behind
Rating (4)
Date: 1998-10-01
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Osho really digs into these stories to show their hidden meanings and how they were used by the masters to bring enlightenment to their disciples. His use of everyday terminology makes this book very easy to follow and carries some very valuable lessons for the heart that is willing to hear them.
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by Maha Ghosananda
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Parallax Press (1991-03)
ISBN: 0938077430
EAN: 9780938077435
Dewy Decimal #: 294.342
Paperback: 81 pages
SKU: 061708009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...crease in cover
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Step by Step offers an invaluable collection of meditations on wisdom and compassion. These are drawn form author Maha Ghosananda's experience as a meditation master and international peacemaker.
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one of the three books which has changed my life
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-20
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
To read this book, in its simplicity, and receive the full benefit, sit with it. Let the phrases fall upon you like mist, and soak in. Maha Ghosananda radiates the loving kindness he writes of--
Through taking the teaching into the minefields and the battlefields, the prisons and cities he has transformed Khmer society, step by step.
These are live words, filled with his presence, bringing peace to the reader.
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5 Stars for His Life,also
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Date: 2000-10-15
Ven Maha Ghosananda,supreme patriach of Cambodian buddhism,4 time Nobel Peace Prize nominee,living boddhisattva,has penned a book of short meditations.Taken with the introductions, the book runs less then 100 pages . The meditations themselves are simple, unadorned filled with wisdom and compassion{Maha Ghosananda says that both are needed for healthy living}prayers, pleas for tolerance and forgiveness,and most of all hope.Maha Ghosananda has lived through a hell that is quite literally unimaginable,yet maintains his compassion, love and hope.It is not a book of advice,nor offering easy snap answers to impossible questions. Maha Ghosananda seems to put one foot in front of the other, and go on with the work in front of him. Perhaps that, in and of itself, is the true miracle.
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by Maha Ghosananda
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Parallax Press (1991-03)
ISBN: 0938077430
EAN: 9780938077435
Dewy Decimal #: 294.342
Paperback: 81 pages
SKU: 061708009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...crease in cover
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Product Description
Step by Step offers an invaluable collection of meditations on wisdom and compassion. These are drawn form author Maha Ghosananda's experience as a meditation master and international peacemaker.
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one of the three books which has changed my life
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-20
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
To read this book, in its simplicity, and receive the full benefit, sit with it. Let the phrases fall upon you like mist, and soak in. Maha Ghosananda radiates the loving kindness he writes of--
Through taking the teaching into the minefields and the battlefields, the prisons and cities he has transformed Khmer society, step by step.
These are live words, filled with his presence, bringing peace to the reader.
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5 Stars for His Life,also
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-10-15
Ven Maha Ghosananda,supreme patriach of Cambodian buddhism,4 time Nobel Peace Prize nominee,living boddhisattva,has penned a book of short meditations.Taken with the introductions, the book runs less then 100 pages . The meditations themselves are simple, unadorned filled with wisdom and compassion{Maha Ghosananda says that both are needed for healthy living}prayers, pleas for tolerance and forgiveness,and most of all hope.Maha Ghosananda has lived through a hell that is quite literally unimaginable,yet maintains his compassion, love and hope.It is not a book of advice,nor offering easy snap answers to impossible questions. Maha Ghosananda seems to put one foot in front of the other, and go on with the work in front of him. Perhaps that, in and of itself, is the true miracle.
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