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Taming the Tiger: Tibetan Teachings on Right Conduct, Mindfulness, and Universal Compassion

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I found this book to be of excellent use for persons who are interested in calming their minds. It is based on tried and tested methods which have been and are still successful to this date.

This is a great book. What sets it apart from any other dharma book is that it has a program of sequential practical (and potent) exercises, which give the practitioner a thorough basic understanding of how to develop a visualisation practice from the inborn mind of enlightenment (bodhichitta).

The program develops step-by-step, as each exercise awakens and strengthens an understanding that is necesssary as a basis for the next exercise. As such the vajrayana can be understood as a natural culmination of mahayana; the one flows naturally from the other.

I highly recommend this book, "Taming the Tiger", also as a practical companion and counterpart of other, philosophically more advanced writings, such as "Creation and Completion" (by Jamgon Kongtrul), to anyone who cares to understand what the vajrayana (diamond vehicle) of Tibetan Buddhism is really all about.

I am a new comer to Buddhism, and I found this book informative and easy to understand. Each chapter is clearly written and the concepts are clearly explained. Reading the book was very beneficial.

This book is a wonderfull self help tool, helping you to understand your ego, I am still attempting to learn the meditations. Very well written and easy to understand, I highly
recommend it to any one interested in learning more about Tibetan Buddism.