Title:
Reflections on a mountain lake : teachings on practical Buddhism
Author:
Publication Date:
2023
2002
Publication Information:
Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2023
©2002
Physical Description:
viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781645471424
9781559391757
Abstract:
A collection of Dharma teachings addresses issues of common concern to Buddhist practitioners from all traditions, drawing on the author's experiences as one of the first western women to be ordained as a Tibetian Buddhist nun.
General Note:
Originally published in 2002.
Contents:
A Western yogini -- Motivation and Practice -- Ethics and the three trainings -- The six realms -- Women and the path -- Shamatha or calm abiding -- Vipashyana or insight -- Awareness -- Difficult points for Westerners -- Tonglen, the practice of giving and taking -- The nature of mind -- The role of the spiritual master -- Vajrayana -- Visualizing the deity.
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Genre:
Language:
English
