Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage
An Explanation of the Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
$58.50
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
A practical and inspiring guide for developing our ability to be happy and benefit others, this commentary on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Gyalsay Togme Sangpo is studied by followers of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The root text gives in thirty-seven short verses the essential practices leading to enlightenment. Gyalsay Togme Sangpo (1295-1369) was renowned as a bodhisattva in Tibet and revered for living according to the bodhisattva ideals and practices that he taught. He inspired not only his direct disciples but also generations of practitioners up to the present day. This extraordinary commentary by Geshe Jampa Tegchok clearly explains the popular practice of exchanging oneself with others for developing love and compassion for all living beings. It lays open the methods for doing stabilizing and analytical meditations and offers an in-depth discussion of the nature of emptiness. All the essentials are here for transforming our attitudes and developing courage and joy.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559392327 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559392320 |
| Author: | Geshe Jampa Tegchok, Thubten Chodron |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 152mm x 226mm |
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Geshe Jampa Tegchok
Geshe Jampa Tegchok became a monk at the age of eight. He studied all of the major Buddhist treatises at Sera-je Monastery in Tibet before fleeing his homeland in 1959. After staying in the refugee camp at Buxa India Geshe Tegchok went to Varanasi where he obtained his Acharya degree and taught for seven years. He then began teaching in the West - three years in England and ten years at Nalanda Monastery in France. In 1993 His Holiness the Dalai Lama appointed him as abbot of Sera-je Monastic University in India. Retired from that position, he now teaches widely in the United States.
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