Wisdom Energy
Basic Buddhist Teachings
Published on 14. January 2012
160 pages
978-1-61429-046-9 (ISBN)
Description
Wisdom Energy is a simple and compelling introduction to Buddhism by two Tibetan lamas renowned for their insight and skill in teaching Westerners. Containing an entire meditation course, it goes to the heart of basic Buddhist practice and discusses the meaning and purpose of meditation, the causes of dissatisfaction and unhappiness, and the methods for subduing them and gaining control over our minds and lives. Originally published in 1976, Wisdom Energy still preserves the power, humor, and directness of the lamas's first teaching tour of North America, giving the reader the feeling of an intimate audience with two highly respected teachers.
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Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) was born in Tibet and educated at the great Sera Monastic University. He fled the Chinese oppression in 1959 and in the late 1960s, with his chief disciple, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, began teaching Buddhism to Westerners at their Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. In 1975 they founded the international Buddhist organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), which now has more than 160 centers, projects and services worldwide.
Content
- Wisdom Energy
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PART ONE Entering the Spiritual Path
- 1: THE PURPOSE OF MEDITATION
- 2: APPROACHING THE STUDY OF DHARMA
- 3: SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSES OF UNHAPPINESS
- 4: HOW DELUSIONS ARISE
- 5: UNDERSTANDING SUFFERING AND CONTROLLING THE MIND
- PART TWO A Meditation Course
- 6: THE THREE PRINCIPAL ASPECTS OF THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
- 7: INTEGRATING DHARMA INTO EVERYDAY LIFE
- GLOSSARY
- SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
- ABOUT WISDOM
