2. Jeffrey Hopkins is Associate Professor of Northern Buddhist Studies and former director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the Unversity of Virginia. Professor Hopkins has translated and edited many Tibetan texts, working closely with Tibetan scholars, and is the author of 'Meditation on Emptiness'. He has accompanied the Dalai Lama, as translator, on his visits to North America, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
3. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace.
關鍵詞
達賴喇嘛=Dalai Lama
摘要
This best-selling book contains teachings for Western audiences during His Holiness' tours of North America. He covers a wide variety of spiritual and human concerns in a practical and direct manner with his characteristic warmth, wit and perception. The teachings move ever deeper: Religious Values and Human Society, The Luminous Nature of the Mind, Altruism and the Six Perfections; Deities; Transforming the Mind Through Meditation; Eight Verses of Training the Mind; Om Mani Padme Hum; The Path to Enlightenment; Tibetan Views on Dying; Self and Selflessness; The Two Truths.
目次
Preface Editor's Note Religious Values and Human Society The Luminous Nature of the Mind Four Noble Truths Karma The Medicine of Wisodm and Compassion Altruism and the Six Perfections Religious Harmony Treasures of Tibetan Buddhism Compassion in Global Politics Meditation Buddhism East to West Deities Eight Verses of Training the Mind Om Mani Padme Hum The Path to Enlightenment Self and Selflessness Tibetan Views on Dying Transforming the Mind Through Meditation The Two Truths Union of the Old and New Translation Schools Notes
