The Great Path of Awakening
The Great Path of Awakening
Title: THE GREAT PATH OF AWAKENING
Secondary Title: The classic guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist practice for cultivating the heart of compassion
Description: Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate heart in the midst of everyday life. For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine pithy slogans—such as "A joyous state of mind is a constant support" and "Don't talk about others' shortcomings"—as a means to awaken kindness, gentleness, and compassion. While Tibetan Buddhists have long valued these slogans, recently they have become popular in the West due to such books as Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön and Training the Mind by Chögyam Trungpa.
This edition of The Great Path of Awakening contains an accessible, newly revised translation of the slogans from the famous text The Seven Points of Mind Training. It also includes illuminating commentary from Jamgon Kongtrul that provides further instruction on how to meet every situation with intelligence and an open heart.
Author: Jamgon Kongtrul
Translator: Ken McLeod
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Style: Paperback
Edition Print: 2005 (Shambhala Classics)
ISBN:9781590302149
Pages: 106