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Meditations of a Tibetan tantric abbot : the main practices of the Mahayana Buddhist path / by Kensur Lekden ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kensur Lekden, 1900-1971.
- Language:
- English
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Religious life--Buddhism.
- Religious life.
- Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Compassion.
- Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Buddhism.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Tibetan
- Summary:
- This book presents the main practices of the Mahayana Buddhist path. It details the attitudes cultivated in meditation -- ranging from turning away from cyclic existence to developing love and compassion for all beings, and to understanding the profound view of emptiness.
- Contents:
- 1. Love 11
- 2. Compassion 23
- 3. Joy 35
- 4. Equanimity 49
- 5. Cyclic Existence 63
- 6. The Mind of Enlightenment 75
- 7. Mothers' Kindness 85
- 8. The Benefits of Love 95
- 9. Great Compassion 99
- 10. The Unusual Attitude 109
- 11. Wisdom 119
- 12. Nagarjuna 133
- 13. Are a Person and Mind and Body the Same or Different? 143
- 14. Nothingness Is Not Emptiness 155
- 15. The Supreme Practitioner 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 175).
- ISBN:
- 1559391588
- OCLC:
- 46315049
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