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Introduction to Buddhism : an explanation of the Buddhist way of life / Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
- Title
- Introduction to Buddhism : an explanation of the Buddhist way of life / Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
- Author
- Kelsang Gyatso, 1931-2022
- Publication
- Glen Spey, N.Y. : Tharpa Publications, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BQ4022 .K44 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 202 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Gyatso offers the basic teachings of Buddha in a brilliantly clear and concise introduction to the vast subject of Buddhism.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Basic Buddhism. Who was Buddha? -- Understanding the mind -- Past and future lives -- What is karma? -- Our precious human life -- What is meditation? -- Death -- The Buddhist way of life -- Pt. 2. The path to liberation. What is liberation? -- Developing renunciation -- The three higher trainings -- Pt. 3. The path to enlightenment. Becoming a boddhisattva -- The bodhisattva's way of life -- Ultimate truth -- Enlightenment -- Dedication -- Appendix I : the commitments of going for refuge -- Appendix II : Liberating prayer and Mahayana sutra of the three superior heaps.
- ISBN
- 9780978906764 (hbk.)
- 0978906764 (hbk.)
- 9780978906771 (pbk.)
- 0978906772 (pbk.)
- 9780978906788 (audio bk.)
- 0978906780 (audio bk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007906848
- OCLC
- 189105799
- SCSB-11649991
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library