Description
Tibetan Buddhist instructions for developing radical compassion through lojong mind training--from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts
Dzigar Kongtrül's lively and accessible presentation of the Tibetan training method known as lojong (mind training) focuses on what he considers the heart of that practice: tonglen, the practice of exchanging self for other, for taking in others' pain and suffering and sending out kindness, ease, and consolation. It's a powerful method for developing compassion of the most transformative kind, and its supreme expression is found in the classic text The Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrül. This book is Dzigar Kongtrül's commentary on that beloved text, based on a series of talks he gave on it. It includes his fresh translation of the Great Path, and it is full of his characteristic humor as well as his skill in translating esoteric concepts into terms that not only are easily understood but that speak directly to the heart.
Author: Dzigar Kongtrul, Joseph Waxman
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/10/2016
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781611801781
ISBN10: 1611801788
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation
- Religion | Buddhism | Rituals & Practice
Dzigar Kongtrül's lively and accessible presentation of the Tibetan training method known as lojong (mind training) focuses on what he considers the heart of that practice: tonglen, the practice of exchanging self for other, for taking in others' pain and suffering and sending out kindness, ease, and consolation. It's a powerful method for developing compassion of the most transformative kind, and its supreme expression is found in the classic text The Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrül. This book is Dzigar Kongtrül's commentary on that beloved text, based on a series of talks he gave on it. It includes his fresh translation of the Great Path, and it is full of his characteristic humor as well as his skill in translating esoteric concepts into terms that not only are easily understood but that speak directly to the heart.
Author: Dzigar Kongtrul, Joseph Waxman
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/10/2016
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781611801781
ISBN10: 1611801788
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation
- Religion | Buddhism | Rituals & Practice
About the Author
DZIGAR KONGTRÜL grew up in a monastic environment and received extensive training in all aspects of Buddhist doctrine. In 1989 he moved to the United States with his family, and in 1990 he began a five-year tenure as a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Naropa University. He also founded Mangala Shri Bhuti, his own teaching organization, during this period. He has established a mountain retreat center, Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, in southern Colorado. When not guiding students in long-term retreats and not in retreat himself, Kongtrül travels widely throughout the world, teaching and furthering his own education.