Best foot forward
Subtitle: a pilgrim's guide to the sacred sites of the Buddha
By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781611806267
Subjects: Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Description: A pithy guidebook for Buddhist pilgrims to the four holy sites of India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction (Ben of Kongpo ; Finding Manjushri); title: 2. Holy Buddhist sites (What makes a place "holy"? ; Buddha's final words of advice ; Lumbini ; Bodhgaya ; Sarnath ; Kushinagar); title: 3. Pilgrimage (Spiritual values ; Motivation ; Mindfulness); title: 3. How to make the most of your pilgrimage (Accumulation and purification ; How to accumulate merit at holy sites ; Remember the triple gem ; Offer three prostrations ; Think of the buddhas and bodhisattvas ; Recite a sutra ; Preparations for making the bodhisattva vow ; The bodhisattva vow ; Four immeasurable thought ; Tonglen practice ; The practices of the bodhichitta of application and absolute bodhichitta ; The practice of aspiration ; What to aspire for ; Fake monks and beggars at holy sites); title: Afterword); title: Appendix: Prayers and mantras (The king of aspiration prayers: Samantabhadra's 'Aspiration to good actions' ; The prayer of the Vajradhatu mandala ; Prayer for the future of the dharma ; Mantras for offering flowers and prostrations)