Essential Dalai lama
Subtitle: his important teachings
By: edited by Rajiv Mehrotra
Contributors: Mehrotra, Rajiv, 1953-
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Buddhism -- Doctrines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272)
Table of contents: title: Words of truth: a prayer; title: THE VISION: The quest for human happiness; title: Our global family; title: Compassion; title: Universal responsibility; title: BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVES: The Buddha; title: 4 noble truths; title: Karma; title: The Bodhisattva ideal; title: Interdependence; title: Dependent origination; title: Awareness of death; title: PRACTICE: Creating the perspective for practice; title: Refuge: the 3 jewels; title: Meditation: a beginning; title: Transforming the mind thru meditation; title: Environment / symbols / posture / breathing; title: The nature of the mind; title: Practice of calm abiding; title: Generating the mind of enlightenment; title: 8 verses for training the mind; title: Meditation on emptiness; title: Tantra: deity yoga; title: Relying on a spiritual teacher; title: A WORLD IN HARMONY: Ethics and society; title: Science and spirituality; title: Buddhist concept of nature; title: A wish for harmony (among religions); title: Buddhist perspectives on the teachings of Jesus; title: The sheltering tree of interdependence; title: The Foundation for Universal Responsibility