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Meaningful to Behold: Becoming a Friend of the World

Hardback

Main Details

Title Meaningful to Behold: Becoming a Friend of the World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:558
Dimensions(mm): Height 222,Width 142
Category/GenreBuddhism
Buddhist life and practice
Self-help and personal development
Mind, Body, Spirit - thought and practice
ISBN/Barcode 9781906665111
ClassificationsDewey:294.3422
Audience
General
Edition 5th Revised edition
Illustrations black and white line illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Tharpa Publications
Imprint Tharpa Publications
Publication Date 1 August 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

How to cultivate love and compassion. How we can genuinely benefit others. How to practise the methods that lead us to enlightenment. Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this effectively in daily life. Bodhisattvas are friends of the world who have such strong compassion they are able to transform all their daily activities into a means to benefit others. The path of the Bodhisattva was exquisitely explained in the universally loved poem Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by the 8th century master Shantideva. With this commentary by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the full effectiveness and profundity of this wonderful poem are revealed in full and made applicable for our time.

Author Biography

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet and is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Resident in the West since 1977, he is the author of 20 highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1000 Kadampa Meditation Centres and groups throughout the world

Reviews

"An indispensable Buddhist work no serious student of Buddhism can afford to be without it." John Blofeld