VOLUME 05: In Praise of Great Compassion von Dalai Lama und Thubten Chodron

Sprache / Language: Englisch / English Hardcover, 336 pages.  Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 1 - Approaching the Buddhist Path  About the book  The first volume in a multivolume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation of the Buddhist path. Traditional presentations of the path in Tibetan Buddhism assume the audience already has faith in the Buddha and believes in rebirth and karma, but the Dalai Lama realized early that a different approach was needed for his Western students.  Starting from the universal human wish for happiness and the dynamic nature of the mind, His Holiness here provides a framework for the modern reader to make sense of this rich tradition. Subsequent volumes delve more deeply into particular Buddhist subjects, but this first volume provides a wealth of reflections on Buddhist history and fundamentals, contemporary issues, and the Dalai Lama’s own personal experiences.  Contents  Exploring Buddhism  The Buddhist View of Life  Mind and Emotions  The Spread of the Buddhadharma and Buddhist Canons  The Buddha’s Teachings Form a Cohesive Whole  Investigating the Teachings  The Importance of Kindness and Compassion  A Systematic Approach  Tools for the Path  Making Progress  Personal Reflections on the Path  Working in the World 

Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 400 pages. Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 2 - The Foundation of Buddhist Practice About the book Traditional presentations of the path in Tibetan Buddhism assume the audience already has faith in the Buddha and believes in rebirth and karma. The Dalai Lama realized early on that a different approach was needed for his non-Tibetan students. Starting from the universal human wish for happiness and the dynamic nature of the mind, the Dalai Lama here provides a framework for the modern reader to explore this rich tradition. This second volume begins with the four seals that determine a philosophy as Buddhist and continues with an explanation of reliable cognition so that we will have the tools to evaluate the veracity of the Buddha’s teachings. Multiple chapters discussing the relationship of a spiritual mentor and student clarify misunderstandings and confusion about this topic and show how to properly rely on a spiritual mentor in a healthy, appropriate, and beneficial manner. Chapters on dying and rebirth unpack the often difficult-to-understand topic of multiple lives and explain how to prepare for death and to aid someone who is dying. This leads into a fascinating and fruitful explanation of karma and its results. The book is written in easy-to-understand language and contains reflections that help the reader apply the Buddha’s wisdom to their own lives. Contents The Buddhist Approach Gaining Nondeceptive Knowledge The Basis of the Self: The Body and Mind Choosing Spiritual Mentors and Becoming a Qualified Disciple Relying on Spiritual Mentors How to Structure a Meditation Session Mind, Body, and Rebirth The Essence of a Meaningful Life Looking Beyond This Life Karma and its Effects Results of Karma The Workings of Karma

Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 440 pages. Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 3 - Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature About the book In this third volume of the series, discover the mind’s infinitely vast potential and buddha nature. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature takes up centrally important premises of Buddhism: the unsatisfactoriness (duhkha) of cyclic existence (samsara), the determination to be free of cyclic existence, and the mind as the basis for both the extreme duhkha of samsara and the bliss of nirvana. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Knowledge of buddha nature reveals and reconciles the paradox of how the mind can be the basis for both the extreme duhkha of samsara (the unpurified mind) and the bliss and fulfillment of nirvana (the purified mind). To illustrate this, Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature first takes readers through Buddhist thought on the self, the Four Noble Truths, and their sixteen attributes. Then, the Dalai Lama explains afflictions, their arising and antidotes, followed by an examination of karma and cyclic existence and, finally, a deep and thorough elucidation of buddha nature. Contents The Self, the Four Truths, and Their Sixteen Attributes Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Truth of Duḥkha True Origins of Duḥkha Afflictions, Their Arising, and Their Antidotes Afflictions and Karma, Their Seeds and Latencies Karma, the Universe, and Evolution Revolving in Cyclic Existence: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination Dependent Origination: Cycling in Samsāra The Determination to Be Free Seeking Genuine Peace Freedom from Cyclic Existence The Mind and Its Potential Buddha Nature Going Deeper into Buddha Nature

Sprache / Language: Englisch / English Hardcover, 552 pages.  Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 4 - Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps  About the book  The fourth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive series on the path to awakening, Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps delves into the substance of spiritual practice. 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.  The chapters on ethical conduct show us how to live a life free of harm to self or others. Chapters on concentration give us detailed instructions on how to develop single-pointed concentration as well as the higher states of concentration available to an earnest practitioner. 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.  Contents  Trustworthy Spiritual Guidance  Qualities of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha  Heartfelt Connection to the Three Jewels  The Higher Training in Ethical Conduct  Sangha: The Monastic Community  The Higher Training in Concentration and the Perfection of Meditative Stability  Obstacles and Antidotes  The Meditation Absorptions  Concentration in the Pali Tradition  The Practice of Serenity in Chinese Buddhism  Higher Training in Wisdom: The Role of Mindfulness and Introspective Awareness  The Four Establishments of Mindfulness: Body, Feelings, and Mind  The Four Establishments of Mindfulness: Phenomena  The Thirty-Seven Harmonies with Awakening 

Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 432 pages. Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 7 - Searching for the Self About the book His Holiness the Dalai Lama explores emptiness, one of the most central teachings in Buddhism, in the newest volume of the bestselling series The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. In Searching for the Self, the Dalai Lama leads us to delve deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches while focusing on identifying our erroneous views and directing us to the actual mode of existence of all persons and phenomena. Placing our study of reality within the auspicious context of a compassionate motivation to benefit all sentient beings, the Dalai Lama explains why realizing emptiness is important and what qualities are needed to do that, and he evaluates various tenet systems’ perspectives on this vast topic. He then helps us understand our perceptions and the mental states involved in both our ignorant and accurate cognitions. He examines inherent existence and other fantasized ways of existence that we seek to disprove through reasoned analysis and presents the Middle Way view that abandons all extremes. The closing chapters by Thubten Chodron discuss the three characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self as explained in the Pali tradition and show how meditation on these can lead to the meditative breakthrough to realize nirvana. Engaging in this investigation with His Holiness will challenge our deepest-held beliefs and uproot false ways of viewing ourselves and the world that are so habitual we don’t even notice them. Get ready to be challenged and intrigued, for realizing the nature of reality has the power to cut our defilements at the root and free us from cyclic existence forever! Contents The Importance of Realizing the Ultimate Nature, Emptiness The Nālandā Tradition Introduction to the Philosophical Tenet Systems Overview of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Tenet Systems Comparing Assertions Cognizing Subjects and Cognized Objects The Importance of Realizing Emptiness Objects of Negation The Middle Way View The Extreme of Absolutism Pāli Tradition: Abandoning the Two Extremes Pāli Tradition: Cultivating Insight Knowledge Coda: The Pāli Abhidharma

Sprache / Language: Englisch / EnglishHardcover, 544 pages. Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron: VOLUME 9 - Appearing and Empty About the book This final volume on emptiness, Appearing and Empty, reveals the Prasangikas’ view of the ultimate nature of reality so that we will gain the correct view of emptiness and the means to eliminate our own and others’ duhkha. His Holiness and Venerable Thubten Chodron take us through the Sautrantika, Yogacara, and Svatantrika views on the ultimate nature of reality and the Prasangikas’ thorough responses to these, so that we gain the correct view of emptiness—the selflessness of both persons and phenomena. This view entails negating inherent existence while also being able to establish conventional existence: emptiness does not mean nothingness. We then learn how to meditate on the correct view by cultivating pristine wisdom that is the union of serenity and insight as taught in the Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan traditions. Such meditation, when combined with the altruistic intention of bodhicitta, leads to the complete eradication of all defilements that obscure our minds. This volume also introduces us to the tathagatagarbha—the buddha essence—and how it is understood in both Tibet and China. Is it permanent? Does everyone have it? In addition, the discussion of sudden and gradual awakening in Zen (Chan) Buddhism and in Tibetan Buddhism is fascinating. Contents The Two Truths Veiled Truths Ultimate Truths What Exists and the Reliable Cognizers That Know It The World of Dependent, Imputed Appearances Mind and Its Objects in the Yogācāra System Nature, Natureless, and Selflessness in Yogācāra The Two Madhyamaka Schools Prāsaṅgikas’ Response to Svātantrikas Unique Explanations of the Prāsaṅgikas Insight Insight in Chinese Buddhism and the Pali Tradition The Diversity of Chinese Buddhism Schools Yogācāra and Tathāgatagarbha in China Madhyamaka in China Buddhist Renewal

Taschenbuch. Gutes Karma von Thubten Chodron Warum geschehen die Dinge in unserem Leben so und nicht anders? Wie können wir die Ursachen für Glück erzeugen? In der buddhistischen Praxis der Geistesschulung finden wir die Antwort auf diese Fragen: Unter anderem gehört dazu, dass wir unsere Ichbezogenheit überwinden und an ihrer Stelle anderen gegenüber eine Haltung der liebevollen Wertschätzung entwickeln. Dies wiederum führt uns zu einer Art des Handelns, durch die wir auf ganz natürliche Weise vom Leiden weg und hin zum Glück gelangen – kurzum gutes Karma erzeugen. In ihrem Kommentar zu einem der großen buddhistischen Gedichte, Das Rad der scharfen Waffen, zeigt Thubten Chodron klar und praxisnah, wie man die Ursachen für Unruhe, Angst und Niedergeschlagenheit beseitigen und für sich selbst und alle anderen die Ursachen für freudige Befreiung erzeugen kann.