The Dalai Lama: Essential Writings

by Forsthoefel, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9781570757891
• ISBN10: 1570757895
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), the spiritual leader of Tibet, has lived in exile since 1959. While working to preserve the culture of his homeland, he has also served as one of the preeminent representatives of Buddhism in the West. Through his wide travels and his many bestselling book she has helped to spread the Buddhist precepts of wisdom and compassion, while also fostering peace and understanding between different religious paths. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Price. This anthology, drawing on over twenty books, presents the essential teachings of the Dalai Lama, highlighting a message that speaks to people of all traditions. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Sources	p. 11
Introduction: The Teachings of Buddhism	p. 13
Wisdom	p. 49
Premises	p. 51
An Anthropology	p. 51
Interdependence	p. 54
The Awareness of Cause and Effect for Mental Transformation	p. 56
The Truth of No Fixed Identities and Its Implications	p. 58
Emptiness	p. 61
Wisdom and Transformation	p. 65
Sensibilities and Truths	p. 73
Morality	p. 77
Premises	p. 79
Compassion	p. 80
The Enemy	p. 87
Anger and Afflictive Emotion	p. 88
Perspectives	p. 94
Meditation	p. 104
Premises	p. 106
Memento Mori: Death as Catalyst for Transformation	p. 111
Approaches and Methods	p. 114
Equanimity and Impartiality	p. 119
On Mothers as Source of Meditation	p. 123
Exchanging Self for Others	p. 125
Mindfulness	p. 126
Perspectives	p. 128
Religions and the World	p. 130
Premises	p. 131
On Religions	p. 132
Christians, Christian Beliefs, and Buddhism	p. 138
Science and Spirit	p. 144
Politics	p. 148
Health in Body, Mind, World	p. 152
The Call	p. 156
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