Stages of Meditation (eBook)

Kamalashila, The Dalai Lama (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
224 Seiten
Shambhala (Verlag)
978-0-8348-4213-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A translation of the ancient classic Stages of Meditation, by Kamalashila, with commentary from everyone's favorite Buddhist teacher, the Dalai Lama.The Dalai Lama explains the principles of meditation in a practice-oriented format especially suited to Westerners. Based upon the middle section of the Bhavanakrama by Kamalashila--a translation of which is included--this is the most extensive commentary given by the Dalai Lama on this concise but important meditation handbook. It is a favorite text of the Dalai Lama, and he often takes the opportunity to give teachings on it to audiences throughout the world. In his words, "e;This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures."e; Topics include the nature of mind, how to develop compassion and loving-kindness, calm abiding wisdom, and how to establish a union of calm abiding and special insight.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.2.2019
• Übersetzer: Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Jeremy Russell
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• ISBN-10: 0-8348-4213-0 / 0834842130
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8348-4213-7 / 9780834842137