The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others

Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang

ISBN 10: 0948006501 / ISBN 13: 9780948006500

Published by Tharpa Publications, 1995

About this Item

The item is showing use from the previous owner but works perfectly. Signs of previous ownership which could include: tears, scuffing, notes, excessive highlighting, gift inscriptions, slight water damage, a missing dust jacket, and library markings.

Seller Inventory # 4BQWN8005706

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others
• Publisher: Tharpa Publications
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948006501
• ISBN 13: 9780948006500
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A Bodhisattva is a friend of the world who, motivated by compassion, seeks enlightenment to benefit all living beings. In this welcome guide to compassionate living, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso explains in detail how to take and keep the Bodhisattva vows, how to purify negative minds, and how to practice the Bodhisattva's actions of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. With this handbook as our companion, we can enter the Bodhisattva's way of life and progress along the path to full enlightenment.

About the Author

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism who has pioneered the introduction of modern Buddhism into contemporary society. He is the author of 22 highly acclaimed books that transmit perfectly the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1200 Kadampa Buddhist Centers and groups throughout the world.

In his teachings, Geshe Kelsang emphasizes the importance of meditation and how to apply it in daily life. He reveals practical methods for developing wisdom, cultivating a good heart and maintaining a peaceful mind through which we can all find true and lasting happiness. Demonstrating these qualities perfectly in his own life, Geshe Kelsang has dedicated his whole life to helping others find inner peace and happiness.