Patience: A Guide to Shantideva's Sixth Chapter - Hardcover

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1614296413 ISBN 13: 9781614296416

Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S., 2020

Synopsis

Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the great living masters of Tibetan Buddhism, guides us through one of the core practices of the bodhisattvas, using a classic, revered text as a guide.

"Shantideva was like us, but he worked on his mind until he became completely free from delusions . . . A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life has inspired countless people since it was written over thirteen hundred years ago. It tells us that we too can develop our mind to the levels of realizations that the great masters have attained--and it shows us how to do it."
--Lama Zopa Rinpoche

The sixth chapter of Shantideva's classic A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life is a beacon of inspiration that shows what patience--one of the essential actions of the bodhisattvas--can really mean, challenging the reader to great depths of self-reflection and to great heights of awakened action in the world.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche--a teacher whose very name means "patience"--explores Shantideva's teachings verse by verse, unpacking its lessons for the modern reader:

- Overcoming anger
- Accepting suffering
- Respecting others and finding happiness in their happiness

In this guide, Rinpoche shows us the profundity and relevance of this incredible bodhisattva's practice for us ordinary beings in our ordinary lives.

About this title

About the Author

Lama Zopa Rinpoche is one of the most internationally renowned masters of Tibetan Buddhism, working and teaching ceaselessly on almost every continent. He is the spiritual director and cofounder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international network of Buddhist projects, including monasteries in six countries and meditation centers in over thirty; health and nutrition clinics, and clinics specializing in the treatment of leprosy and polio; as well as hospices, schools, publishing activities, and prison outreach projects worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1614296413
• ISBN 13: 9781614296416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200