Donald S Lopez
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In this book, the authors explore and reconsider the contemporary significance of the Christ and the Bodhisattva. The volume includes essays by three eminent Christian theologians, Langdon Gilkey, Brother David Steindl – Rast, and Ann Belford Ulanov, that explore the significance of the Christ from the perspectives of the Roman Catholic contemplative tradition, modern depth psychology, and liberal Protestantism. Drawing on information previously unavailable ...
Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work, the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. It presents a stunning array of works (hagiographies, pilgrimage guides, prayers, accounts of visits to hell, epics, consecration manuals, sermons, and exorcism texts) that together offer an unparalleled view of the realities of those who have inhabited the Tibetan cultural domain over the centuries. The volume provides a wealth of voices that together lead to ...
Reknowned for its terse declaration of the perfection of wisdom, the Heart Sutra is the most famous of Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on previously unexamined commentaries, preserved only in Tibetan, to investigate the meanings derived from and invested into the Sutra during the later period of Indian Buddhism. The Heart Sutra Explained offers new insights of “emptiness and formâ€, and on the mantra, “gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svahaâ€, and ...
The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace underscores the importance of "practice"--of awareness through meditation, compassion, patience, and effort--in lending rich and joyous meaning to this lifetime and so to our passage to the next. His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers his thoughts on achieving a meaningful life and death. At the heart of his eloquent presentation is this lesson: by cultivating compassion, wisdom and positive thought and action--in short, ...
The Way to Freedom begins with his Holiness the Dalai Lama's gentle and profoundly eloquent exposition of the Buddha's teachings and instructions presented in easy-to-understand steps. With unprecedented simplicity and beauty, he reveals the essence of Tibetan Buddhism to both novice and advanced students/practitioners. He also offers elegant, straightforward reflections on death, rebirth, karma, the four noble truths, and the cultivation of the bodhisattva ...
Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart is His Holiness the Dalai Lama's gentle and profoundly eloquent instruction for developing the basis of the spiritual path: a compassionate motive. With extraordinary grace and insight, His Holiness shows how the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on compassion can be practiced in our daily lives through simple meditations that relate to past and present relationships. This illuminating and highly accessible guide offers ...