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The jewel tree of Tibet: the enlightenment engine of Tibetan Buddhism |
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4th Panchen Lama
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Bstan-pai-ni-ma
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Thurman, Robert A. F.
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| Date | 2005 |
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| Pages | 272 |
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| Publisher | Free Press |
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http://www.freepress.net/
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Includes English translation of Bla ma'i mchod pa by Bstan-pai-ni-ma, Panchen Lama IV |
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| Keyword | 西藏佛教=藏傳佛教=Tibetan Buddhism; 開悟=證悟=Satori=Enlightenment |
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| Abstract | Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along the path to enlightenment. Robert Thurman is one such teacher. Now, in his first experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, adapted and expanded from a popular retreat he led, Thurman -- the first Westerner ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself -- shares the centuries-old wisdom of a highly valued method of insight used by the great Tibetan masters.
Tibetans think of their cherished tradition of Buddhism as a "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" for its power to generate bliss and enlightenment within all who absorb its teachings. Happiness, in fact, is the true goal of Tibetan spirituality, and the wish-fulfilling jewel tree will enable you to reach that goal. Using a revered, once-secret text of a seventeenth-century Tibetan master, with thorough explanations for contemporary Westerners, The Jewel Tree of Tibet immerses you fully in the mysteries of Tibetan spiritual wisdom. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and philosophical teaching, The Jewel Tree of Tibet offers a practical system of understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight.
One of the most explicit teachings of the steps on the path of enlightenment available, explained by a skilled Western teacher, The Jewel Tree of Tibet will enable you to honor the full subtlety and hidden depths of the Tibetan Buddhist path and realize at last its deeper |
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| ISBN | 0743257626 |
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| Hits | 482 |
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| Created date | 2005.07.22 |
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| Modified date | 2014.05.12 |
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