is more a book um, ok, a series of adhoc talks on dependent arising,
Nothing earthshattering here, but then again, that may be because I'm already well aware of the principle and would rather read something on how to apply that to daytoday life rather than hear it explained all over again.
Very, very repetitive and far from clear in meaning,
For a really thorough, if somewhat academic, discussion of the topic, try sitelinkRelative Truth, Ultimate Truth, General audiences:
Students familiar with dependent arising:emptiness
Instructive but incredibly repetitious, as dharma talks sometimes are,
I appreciate the sentiment of the messages repeated in the book, However, compassion, selfcare, and love are complicated concepts and are over simplified in a way that make it difficult to apply to daily life in a tangible way.
This short audiobook, nicely narrated by Subhash Mandal, is a collection of lectures and teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a renowned teacher of Buddhist philosophical thought.
The concept of emptiness and it's connection with universal responsibility can be a very elusive thing to grasp, but I plan on revisiting this and other writings on this topic to more fully understand this rather fascinating idea.
Could have even about a third of the size and it wasn't a long book, Be prepared to get your mind blown This book begins with a general talk on universal responsibility and compassion that is followed by four chapters detailing the Prasangika Madhyamaka view of emptiness, or ultimate reality, as taught in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and how to meditate on it, according to the author's personal experience.
Discounted Too repetitive. It might be necessary to repeat the same concept in the same words in the same paragraph when this is a speech given in person to a large crowd.
But in text it legitimately and literally put me to sleep, I never fall asleep while reading, but suddenly woke up with the Kindle on my lap, This book is sometimes dense and hard to read simply due to the complex nature of the content being discussed, But this is no fault of the author, Lama Zopa takes a very difficult topic and makes it as easy to understand as it is possible to do, I'm therefore giving a five star rating, It can be repetitive, but I think that's necessary when attempting to change a worldview that we are taught about since birth and which is heavily ingrained.
This book cleared up several confusions I had on emptiness, short book that consists of transcriptions of verbal teachings, Interesting and thought provoking. Reality“ Reality, Reality. Its taken me several decades of lived experience and nearly a decade of mindful awareness to know the Truth of what the Lama explains here.
Now that I do, his teachings are very very clear to me, Simple in fact. Highly recommended for anyone with an open and receptive mind and heart, Understanding emptiness is not easy, We have lived for countless lives seeing things and phenomena in the wrong way, I love this talk by Lama Zopa because of the simplicity with which he explains such a complex subject, He emphasizes how being aware of it and bringing it to our daily practice is crucial for our advance on the path, helping us especially when we experience problems as a tool to avoid generating more negative karma.
Mmm I understand the concept but kind of feel sad to think that every thing in existence is merely labels I have to learn how to still be happy and grateful to live the life in merely label things.
Audio Awesome wisdom A wonderful book, giving clear insight into the meaning of Emptiness, I have seen emptiness explained in some really good ways, but this meandering word salad isn't it, Zopa also has some odd conclusions about things like human behavior that left me scratching my head, Finally, there was a bit too much woo for my taste magical buddhas will visit you and cure your cancer,
There were a few nice ideas in here, but overall I wouldn't recommend this one, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Tibetan: ཐབབསནབཟདཔ, Wylie: Thub bstan Bzod pa, often published as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, is held to be the reincarnation of the Sherpa Nyingma yogi Kunsang Yeshe, the Lawudo Lama.
Rinpoche was born inin Thami, not far from the cave Lawudo, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, where his predecessor meditated for the last twenty years of his life.
While his predecessor had belonged to the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, the Lawudo Lama himself had been a great master of the complete tantric teachings of the Nyingma tradition.
Rinpoche left Thami when he was aboutyears old and was put in a Monastery that was ve Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Tibetan: ཐབབསནབཟདཔ, Wylie: Thub bstan Bzod pa, often published as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, is held to be the reincarnation of the Sherpa Nyingma yogi Kunsang Yeshe, the Lawudo Lama.
Rinpoche was born inin Thami, not far from the cave Lawudo, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, where his predecessor meditated for the last twenty years of his life.
While his predecessor had belonged to the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, the Lawudo Lama himself had been a great master of the complete tantric teachings of the Nyingma tradition.
Rinpoche left Thami when he was aboutyears old and was put in a Monastery that was very close to the border of Nepal and Tibet.
Rinpoche stayed at this Monastery for several years until he went to Tibet and took getsul ordination in, and continued his studies in Domo Geshe's monastery in Phagri, Tibet.
InRinpoche escaped from Tibet and continued his studies in Sera Jhe monastery in Buxa Duar, in the north of India, This is where the Indian Government housed the monks from Sera, Ganden and Drepung Monasteries who wanted to continue their studies, along with monks from the other sects.
It was at Bux a Duar that Rinpoche became the disciple of Geshe Rabten Rinpoche and then of Lama Thubten Yeshe, Frida Bedi then invited him to join her school for incarnate lamas in Dalhousie where they were given the chance to learn English formonths.
Upon the completion returned to Buxa Duar and his studies, Lama Yeshe and Zopa Rinpoche's contact with Westerners began inin Darjeeling, when they met Princess Zina Rachevsky from Russia, She became the Lamas' first Western student, Inthey founded the Nepal Mahayana Gompa Center at Kopan, above Boudhnath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, At the insistence of Zina Rachevsky the Lamas started to teach courses on Buddhism for Westerns at Kopan, InRinpoche took gelong ordination from His Holiness Ling Rinpoche in Bodh Gaya, By, twelve centers had started, In, the growing worldwide organization was named by Lama Yeshe 'the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition'FPMT, The FPMT is an organization devoted to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and service, There areFPMT centers and projects worldwide as of March, FPMT currently hasstandard Buddhist education programs that are taught in many of the centers, Two of these, the Masters Program and the Basic Program are committed courses ofandyears of study respectively, Based on the great philosophical texts studied in the monasteries of Tibet, FPMT holds to rigid standards of translation and has a passion for authentic texts to ensure that complete accuracy of the meaning found within these profound texts is not forfeited in the transmission from East to West.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has many other projects around the world one of the most important is theft Maitreya Statue that Rinpoche is building in Bodh Gaya that will include schools, hospitals and other social projects such as Leprosy clinics these social projects are already in existence and have been functioning for the lastyears.
Some of the other projects that Rinpoche has founded are Sera Jhe food fund which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday tomonks.
The Lama Tsong Khapa Teacher Fund offers an allowance to themainteachers in the Gelukpa tradition from various monasteries, Rinpoche also has a number of other funds that are for building holy objects, such as Stupas, prayer wheels etc, Rinpoche has a very strong interest in collecting texts from all the different traditions, sitelink.