This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment
A Spirituality, Buddhism, Religion book. I chose to read this book because I plan to take refuge vows with the...
Using the traditional Tibetan Buddhist framework of the Four Reminders—the preciousness of human birth, the truth of impermanence, the reality of suffering, and the inescapability of karma—Khandro Rinpoche explains why and how we could all better use this short life to pursue a spiritual path and make the world a better place. She says, "Think of all the time you've wasted hesitating or feeling distracted, or expending useless energy feeling jealous or angry, or being selfish. At the time of death, you'll look back and it will all seem like a dream." The book includes contemplative exercises that encourage us to appreciate the tremendous potential of the human body and mind. They focus on how we can learn to see this life as a gift—and how, by achieving peace in our own lives, we can bring a seed of happiness to other people. Although raised in Asia, Khandro Rinpoche is well-versed in Western culture, which allows her...
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- Pages: 144 pages
- ISBN: 9781570623073 / 1570623074
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What a tumultuous time of my life for me to consider this philosophy! Khandro Rinpoche presents it (or her editors I suppose) in such a calming method. Then again, what is the "it" I mean? It is a soothing meditative lifestyle that therapists have been encouraging me to adopt so that I stop making a mess of myself in a panic. If I weren't... Khandro Rinpoche, one of the few high level women teachers in Tibetan Buddhism, is a real "tell-it-like-it-is" teacher. She a strong sense of the ways that we can misunderstand and try to wiggle out of really grappling with the teachings, consciously or unconsciously, and presents the basic material that she is dealing with here in... I chose to read this book because I plan to take refuge vows with the author. I thought this book would clue me into how she interprets the dharma with regard to the vows. Wow! She described motivations and conditions I never would have thought. She is very direct and doesn't coddle the reader. And the contemplations throughout the...
