Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices of the Mahayana Buddhist Path [Paperback]

Kensur Lekden (Author), Jeffrey Hopkins (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 13, 2001

This book presents, with the intimate freshness of a personal teaching, the main practices of the Mahayana Buddhist path.

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"A remarkably intimate presentation of the Buddha's fundamental teachings...[with] deep compassion and profound wisdom." --Joshua Cutler, Director, Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center

"A remarkably intimate presentation of the Buddha's fundamental teachings. With great clarity and precision the words of a renowned Tibetan scholar flow easily to the reader in a stream of deep compassion and profound wisdom." --Joshua Cutler, Director, Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center

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"This is still about the best introduction available on the central topics of compassion and wisdom."

"This is still about the best introduction available on the central topics of compassion and wisdom and, most especially, the philosophical and meditative synergy between them."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (March 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559391588
• ISBN-13: 978-1559391580
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A blend of compassion, wisdom and wit on a variety, May 22, 2001

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This review is from: Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices of the Mahayana Buddhist Path (Paperback)

Ably translated and edited for a western readership by Jeffrey Hopkins, Kensur Lekden's Meditations Of A Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices Of The Mahayana Buddhist Path describes in detail the attitudes cultivated in meditation as experienced by practitioners of the Mahayana Buddhist Path. Readers will be treated to Kensur Lekden's blend of compassion, wisdom and wit on a variety of issues ranging from turning away from cyclic existence to developing love and compassion for all beings, to understanding the profound view of emptiness. Meditations Of A Tibetan Tantric Abbot is a welcome and very highly recommended addition to Buddhist studies collections and reading lists.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars make me understand, February 22, 2003

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This review is from: Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices of the Mahayana Buddhist Path (Paperback)

this book make me understand what is tantric and buddhisem is!