Most spiritual accounts end with illumination or enlightenment. In this moving work Kornfield writes on how the modern spiritual journey unfolds, and the difficulties encountered by even the most dedicated of spiritual practitioners, whatever their faith. He uses first hand accounts to show the experience of awakening, and gives many practical suggestions. For students of Tibetan language, one of the most valuable study aids, Goldstein's modern colloquial dictionary, is now available in a new edition from the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. The old hand-drawn Tibetan script parts of the definitions are now typeset, making the dictionary much easier and quicker to read.
All examples given now also appear in Tibetan script.
With 16,000 main entries and 29,000 sub-entries. While such . . . might be useful for Tibetans learning English, they do not assist native English speakers studying Tibetan. Instead, we tried to select Tibetan terms and phrases that could be used equivalently in spoken Tibetan. Search Copyright 2000 Wisdom Books. All rights reserved.