Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 424 pages.
Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 5 - In Praise of Great Compassion
About the book
In Praise of Great Compassion, the fifth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. Although previous volumes focused on our present situation and taking responsibility for creating the causes of happiness, this volume concerns opening our hearts and generating the intention to make our lives meaningful by benefiting others.
We are embedded in a universe with other living beings, all of whom have been kind to us in one way or another. More than any other time in human history, we depend on one another to stay alive and flourish. When we look closely, it becomes apparent that we have been the recipient of great kindness.
Wanting to repay others’ kindness, we cultivate a positive attitude by contemplating the four immeasurables of love, compassion, empathic joy, and equanimity, and the altruistic intention of bodhicitta. We learn to challenge the self-centered attitude that leads to misery and replace it with a more realistic perspective enabling us to remain emotionally balanced in good and bad times. In this way, all circumstances become favorable to the path to awakening.
Contents
The Four Immeasurables
The Altruistic Intention of Bodhicitta
How to Cultivate Bodhicitta: The Seven Cause-and-Effect Instructions
Equalizing and Exchanging Self and Others
Becoming a Bodhisattva
Homage to Great Compassion
Aspiring and Engaging Bodhicitta
Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta in Chinese Buddhism
Bodhicitta and Bodhisattvas in the Pali Tradition
Mind Training
Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 496 pages.
Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 6 - Courageous Compassion
About the book
Courageous Compassion, the sixth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. The previous volume, In Praise of Great Compassion, focused on opening our hearts with love and compassion for all living beings, and the present volume explains how to embody compassion and wisdom in our daily lives. Here we enter a fascinating exploration of bodhisattvas’ activities across multiple Buddhist traditions—Tibetan, Theravada, and Chinese Buddhism.
After explaining the ten perfections according to the Pali and Sanskrit traditions, the Dalai Lama presents the sophisticated schema of the four paths and fruits for sravakas and solitary realizers and the five paths for bodhisattvas. Learning about the practices mastered by these exalted practitioners inspires us with knowledge of our minds’ potential. His Holiness also describes buddha bodies, what buddhas perceive, and buddhas’ awakening activities. Courageous Compassion offers an in-depth look at bodhicitta, arhatship, and buddhahood that you can continuously refer to as you progress on the path to full awakening.
Contents
Part I. How to Live with Compassion: The Bodhisattva Perfections
Introduction to the Bodhisattva Perfections
Living as a Bodhisattva: The Perfections of Generosity, Ethical Conduct, and Fortitude
Living as a Bodhisattva: The Remaining Seven Perfections
Sharing the Dharma
The Ten Perfections in the Pali Tradition
Part II. The Three Vehicles and Their Fruits
Breakthrough to Nirvana: The Pali Tradition
Fundamental Vehicle Paths and Fruits: The Sanskrit Tradition
The Paths of the Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva Grounds
Three Pure Bodhisattva Grounds
Buddhahood: The Path of No-More-Learning
Buddhahood: The Buddhas’ Awakening Activities
GEBRAUCHT / USED. Sprache / Language: Englisch / English. Worlds in Harmony by Dalai Lama and others - USED Dialogues on Compassionate Action With Daniel Goleman, Stephen Levine, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Daniel Brown, Jack Engler, Margaret Brenman-Gibson, Joanna Macy
GEBRAUCHT. Gefühl und Mitgefühl: Ein Dialog zwischen dem Dalai Lama und Paul Ekman - GEBRAUCHT Emotionale Achtsamkeit und der Weg zu seelischem Gleichgewicht Mit einem Vorwort von Daniel Goleman