Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change (Nyingma Psychology Series) [Paperback]

Tarthang Tulku (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 091354695X | ISBN-13: 978-0913546956 | Publication Date: January 1, 1984

Self-imposed limitations and layers of conditioning limit our knowledge of freedom, of healing, and of awakening.

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Dharma Publishing (January 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091354695X
• ISBN-13: 978-0913546956
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For reaching your full human potential and beyond, May 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change (Nyingma Psychology Series) (Paperback)

This book is dynamite for those who want to reach their full human potential and beyond. The author uses stimulating questions to guide one's inquiry into the way one participates in life and thereby contributes to the world. For example, "How much of our lives is patterned upon assumptions we never learned to question? How strong is our motivation to discover the knowledge we would need to give greater meaning to our lives?" As I read the book, I challenged my habitual patterning and came to new ways of knowing and being in the world. To activate the power of this book, one must read in a different kind of way. This book is for reflecting, challenging, and questioning; not for merely skimming and accepting. Sometimes I would spend days on one chapter, writing notes and quietly reflecting. In summary, I recommend this book highly for all who want to explore what it means to be a human being within the world community.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars time to change, September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change (Nyingma Psychology Series) (Paperback)

This book can not help but be a catalyst for new and wonderful ways of looking at the world. Most profound ideas surronding our existance prsented lyrically, Simply magic!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The key to knowledge is to ask a question..., July 29, 2010

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This review is from: Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change (Nyingma Psychology Series) (Paperback)

This is a great book! I read it straight through in two days, fully intending to go back and really engage with it. From classes I've taken at Dharma Publishing, I understand that the way to work with the many questions in the book is to answer them, and then question your answer. Then, they say, you will find that the question (and perhaps the answer) is revealed (or reveals itself) later in the book.

It is really a book about developing an inquisitive style of approaching life. It is only by asking questions that we discover new things or really come to see what it is we think we already know. I am fascinated by the whole process of questioning - if a question is asked in a neutral way, it can lead to so much discovery!

There is a process called Questioning Mind, taught by Dharma Publishing, which uses this book as the foundation for unlocking the inherent knowledge we all have inside of us. Very often when we are trying to make decisions, big and small, we can feel frustrated because we think we don't know what to do. But we do - the premise of Questioning Mind is that we all possess an ability called inner knowing - and with the right training, we can access that and make better decisions in our lives. Like making that career move. Fixing or leaving that bad relationship. Where to put our energy and efforts in order to make the best of this life... Questioning Mind (and Knowledge of Freedom) definitely help with that!