Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Everyday Life - Softcover

Thondup, Tulku

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570620210 ISBN 13: 9781570620218

Publisher: Shambhala, 2001

Synopsis

This collection of fifteen articles and talks by Tulku Thondup constitutes a manual on how to transmute the situations encountered in daily life, whether external or internal, into spiritual disciplines and experiences. Among the topics covered are: The fundamental principles of Buddhism. The practice of meditation as a means of arousing compassion. How suffering can become a more powerful tool than happiness in achieving enlightenment. The symbolic significance of holy places, temples, statues, books, and other spiritual artifacts.

About this title

About the Author:

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, an esteemed author and teacher, was born in East Tibet and studied at the famed Dodrupchen Monastery. In 1958 he settled in India, where he taught at Indian universities for many years. He came to the United States in 1980 as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. For the past two decades he has lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaging in translation and writing on Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma teachings, under the auspices of the Buddhayana Foundation. Among his books are The Healing Power of Mind, which has been published in seventeen languages, and Boundless Healing, in twelve languages.

Synopsis:

This is a collection of 15 articles and talks, constituting a manual on how to transmute the situations encountered in everyday life into spiritual disciplines and experiences. Topics covered include the symbolic significance of holy places and the positive uses of suffering.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1570620210
• ISBN 13: 9781570620218
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288