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Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind: Living the Four Noble Truths

Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind: Living the Four Noble Truths
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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This book is a collection of passages from lectures by the Dalai Lama. The teacher who speaks here is not the Buddhist philosopher, nor the head of state of the Tibetan people, but the spiritual friend, the one with a sharp, compassionate, and humorous understanding of the human condition. The Dalai Lama answers our concerns about the source of our anxieties, our limitations, the problem of death, and the deepest responsibilities of our lives.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #499302 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-11-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 184 pages

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From Publishers Weekly
"Dalai Lama" on Amazon.com's search engine pulls up an impressive 186 matches with publication dates from 1983 to 2001, a prodigious outpouring by any assessment. Many of these titles, of course, are about the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, but quite a few credit His Holiness as the author. This is one such volume. Typically, however, this book is not technically "written" by His Holiness, but is actually a skillful transcription by Jigm? Khyents? Rinpoch? of eight addresses the Tibetan leader delivered (and the subsequent question-and-answer periods) at the Institut Karma Ling in Savoie, France, in 1997. Not a book for beginners in Buddhism, this has considerable, complex depth that transcends the implied simplicity of the subtitle's "Living the Four Noble Truths" by addressing suffering and it cessation. This selection will, however, be of good value to advanced practitioners who can never have too much of a good thing. A notable exception for beginners is the seven pages of "Specific Instructions on Meditation," in which the world's foremost practitioner and proponent of Tibetan Buddhism gives the benefit of his measureless experience in clear, useful terms. For all this cerebral material's weight, the Dalai Lama's charming sense of humor at times pokes through. This will no doubt satisfy and enlighten emerging Western bodhisattvas.
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Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Tibetan

From the Publisher
This best-selling title is the first in Crossroad's series of books featuring the Dalai Lama. Comprised of passages from talks and essays given by the Dalai Lama and never before published in English, His Holiness graciously teaches the state of the world and the state of our souls are deeply interconnected.

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Answers to basic sources of anxiety5
Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind: Living The Four Noble Truths is a compilation of passages from lectures delivered the His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. As The Dalai Lama addresses such timeless issues as how personal suffering can be ended, how to become truly compassionate, and whether or not the potential for happiness resides within our own power, he speaks as a spiritual friend with a sharp, compassionate, and humorous understanding of the human condition. A core title for contemporary Buddhist philosophical and instructional collections, Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind reveals answers to basic sources of anxiety, personal limitations, the problem of death, the deepest responsibilities of human life, and much more.