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Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development
Comprising the class notes of the first year-long course given at LTWA this book gives a thorough but accessible introduction to Buddhist teaching as presented in the Tibetan tradition of the Graded Path to Enlightenment . Not only are the principle aspects of this path such as renunciation-the wish for liberation. the altruistic aspiration to enlightenment and the correct understanding of voidness explained in theory but the Venerable Geshe offers practical advice from his own experience as to how -o implement the teaching and integrate them with the mind. An account of Buddha s life provides further introduction to Buddhism in general and some insight into Tibetan monastic training can be gained from the author s autobiography while numerous anecdotes throughout the book introduce many of the personalities significant in the history of Indian as well as Tibetan Buddhism.
About Author
Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey was born in the Kham province of Tibet in 1928 and attended Sera Je Monastery. He escaped from Tibet in 1959 to India where he was able to continue teaching and meditating. He received his Geshe Lharampa degree in 1969. In 1971 His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama asked him to teach Dharma courses to westerners at The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. In 1986 he left for Dunedin New Zealand where he was the resident Spiritual Director at the Thargye Dharma Center until his death in 1996.
Paperback : 216 pages
ISBN-10 : 8185102384
ISBN-13 : 978-8185102382
Dimensions : 63.5 x 38.1 x 12.7 cm