Middle way: faith grounded in reason
by Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,, Dalai Lama XIV
For nearly 2,000 years, Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities, these teachings were later incorporated into the Tibetan monastic programs that modeled their curricula on their Indian predecessors. In "The Middle Way, " the Dalai Lama offers a brief, brilliant, and complete presentation of the ultimate view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. The tea…
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- Full title :Middle way : faith grounded in reason / the Dalai Lama ; translated, Thupten Jinpa.
Summary
For nearly 2,000 years, Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities, these teachings were later incorporated into the Tibetan monastic programs that modeled their curricula on their Indian predecessors. In "The Middle Way, " the Dalai Lama offers a brief, brilliant, and complete presentation of the ultimate view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. The teachings are about the Buddhist view, yet the Dalai Lama presents them in a way that allows any interested reader to grasp this profound outlook on life. Like his many books on compassion, "The Middle Way" is vitally important and universally applicable. With its release, the Dalai Lama adds his wisdom teachings to the already established recognition of his incomparable compassion.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wisdom Publications
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:160 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0861715527, 9780861715527
- oclc:on1090863505
- Dewey Decimal:294.3/42042
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