When someone seeks to understand Buddhism, where should that person start: With the meaning of taking refuge in the three jewels? With the four noble truths? The Dalai Lama, when asked this question,
Readers are hard-pressed to find books that can help them understand the central concept in Mahayana Buddhism—the idea that ultimate reality is emptiness. In clear language, Introduction to Emptiness explains that emptiness is not a mystical sort of nothingness, but a specific truth that can and must be understood through calm and careful reflection. Newland's contemporary examples and vivid anecdotes will help readers understand this core concept as presented in one of the great classic texts of the Tibetan tradition, Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. This new edition includes quintessential points for each chapter.
A Buddhist scholar and teacher suffers deep grief, “a season in hell,” after the death of his wife. Amid the world-shattering pain of loss, what helps?In this brave record of his devastating expe
A repurposed and hearty tribute to the Western master of Tibetan Buddhism, Jeffrey Hopkins.This is a book offered in tribute to Jeffrey Hopkins by colleagues and former students. Hopkins has, in his s
