Radiant Mind: Essential Buddhist Teachings and TextsComplete with excerpts from both ancient Buddhist texts and contemporary teachings, a compilation of essential teachings presents both a solid introduction for novices and a "best of" collection for readers more familiar with Buddhist practice. Original. |
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Contents
JOHN SNELLING The Teaching Career | 6 |
The Dalai LAMA The Buddhas Life | 15 |
Jack KORNFIELD TheravadaVipassana Practice | 32 |
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abides contemplating according actions actually appear arise asked attain attention awakened awareness become begin birth bodhisattva body born breath bring Buddha Buddhahood Buddhist called cause century comes compassion complete concentration consciousness create death dependent desire develop Dharma direction effort element emptiness enlightenment enter everything existence experience expressed fact feeling five Four give given grasping hand happiness heart human idea important insight internally karma kind knows lead living look Mahayana means meditation mental mind monk nature never nirvana Noble Truths object one's origin ourselves pain path peace perfection person phenomena practice precepts present question realize refuge Reprinted result Sangha sense sentient sitting spiritual suffering Sutra teacher teaching things thought tradition trains translated true understanding universe voidness whole wisdom zazen
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Radiant Mind: Essential Buddhist Teachings and Texts Three Wheeler Series |
| Editor | Jean Smith |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 29 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 157322717X, 9781573227179 |
| Length | 354 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Buddhism / General |
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