Publisher Description

We all share the potential for enormous self-transformation and limitless happiness, through travelling the inner journey of a spiritual path. The author invites us on our own inner journey, and shares with us some of the universal spiritual insights he has gained along the way. By following the practical advice given in this book we can transform our mind and our life, and find everlasting peace and happiness.

Author Biography

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism who has pioneered the introduction of modern Buddhism into contemporary society. He is the author of 22 highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has founded over 1200 Kadampa Buddhist centres and groups throughout the world.

Table of Contents

CD 1: 1 Preface; 2 PART ONE Foundation: Inner Peace; 3 What is the mind?; 4 Reincarnation; 5 Death; 6 Death is certain; 7 The time of our death is uncertain; CD 2: 1 Karma; 2 The general characteristics of karma; 3 The six realms of rebirth; 4 Types of action; 5 Our human life; 6 Birth; 7 Ageing; 8 Sickness; 9 Death; 10 Other types of suffering; CD 3: 1 A daily practice: faith 2 Sense of shame & consideration for others; 3 Non-attachment; 4 Non-hatred; 5 Effort; 6 PART TWO Progress: Learning to cherish others; 7 The kindness of others; 8 The benefits of cherishing others; CD 4: 1 How to enhance cherishing love; 2 Recognising our faults in the mirror of Dharma; 3 Viewing all living beings as supreme; 4 Living beings have no faults; 5 Developing humility; 6 Exchanging self with others; 7 What is self-cherishing?; 8 The faults of self-cherishing; CD 5: 1 The faults of self-cherishing (contd.); 2 How is it possible to exchange self with others; 3 The actual practice of exchanging self with others; 4 Great compassion; 5 What is compassion?; 6 How to develop compassion; 7 The inner wealth of compassion; CD 6: 1 Wishing love; 2 Transforming adverse conditions; 3 Accepting defeat and offering the victory; 4 Taking and giving; 5 Taking by means of compassion 6 Taking on our own future suffering; 7 The benefits of taking on others' suffering; 8 The actual meditation on taking; 9 Giving by means of love; CD 7: 1 Mounting taking and giving upon the breath; 2 The supreme good heart; 3 Developing bodhichitta; 4 Ultimate truth; 5 The purpose of meditating on emptiness; 6 What is emptiness?; 7 The emptiness of our body; 8 The emptiness of our mind; CD 8: 1 The emptiness of our I; 2 Conventional and ultimate truths; 3 The union of the two truths; 4 The practice of emptiness during the meditation break; 5 Dedication; 6 Appendix Two: What is meditation?; 7 The benefits of meditation; 8 How to begin meditation

Review

"We all enjoy limitless possibility for happiness and fulfillment; this book can help us attain it ... a work of deep spiritual insight." - The Napra Review "...laudable and thought-provoking..." - MidWest Book Review

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