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How to Generate Bodhicitta

Author : Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868578
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Generate Bodhicitta by : Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche

Download or read book How to Generate Bodhicitta written by Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of Buddha's 84,000 teachings is bodhicitta: the awakening mind that aspires towards enlightenment so as to have the perfect ability to free all beings from suffering and lead them to peerless happiness. On his two visits to Singapore in 1997, Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche taught extensively on how to generate that precious bodhimind. Using scriptural understanding and his personal experience, Rinpoche also gave insightful teachings on lo-jong (thought transformation), the practice of which enables one to transform the inevitable problems of life into the causes for enlightenment. This ebook was designed & published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC). We are non-profit Buddhist organizations affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).

The Nectar of Bodhicitta

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868934
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis The Nectar of Bodhicitta by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book The Nectar of Bodhicitta written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2021-09-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LYWA director Nick Ribush writes: The story behind this book is that in the early Kopan Monastery courses, Lama Zopa Rinpoche would start his day’s teachings by quoting a verse from Shantideva’s or Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s seminal texts, giving a short teaching on it and then suggesting that students use it to generate a bodhicitta motivation for the day’s activities (mainly teachings, meditations and discussion groups but also ordinary activities such as eating, talking, walking around and so forth). Since those days I’ve always thought that a compilation of these short teachings would make a great book, and finally, here it is. Editor Gordon McDougall has assembled Rinpoche's teachings into two parts, sorted by author of the verses and arranged thematically. In Part One, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on selected verses from Khunu Lama Rinpoche's Jewel Lamp, now published as Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea. Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises, "Understanding and constantly reminding ourselves of the skies of benefits that bodhicitta brings is unbelievably worthwhile. This is the overall purpose of Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s book, to cause us to feel inspired and joyful that such a mind is possible." In Part Two, Rinpoche teaches on verses from the first chapter of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. These verses describe the amazing benefits of developing the precious mind of bodhicitta, the supreme cause of happiness for all sentient beings.

Teachings from Mani Retreat

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868462
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Teachings from Mani Retreat written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Because we have met the Buddhadharma, and especially this method - the practice of the Compassion Buddha and recitation of his mantra - it is easy to purify negative karma and collect extensive merit and thus achieve enlightenment. We are unbelievable fortunate."--Lama Zopa Rinpoche, from his invitation to join the retreat. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book!

Bodhichitta

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614295794
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Bodhichitta by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book Bodhichitta written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist teacher, explains the philosophy and practice of Bodhichitta, the aspiration to help all beings reach enlightenment. Meditation instructions are included"--

Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment

Author : His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868519
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment by : His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Download or read book Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About one thousand years ago, the great Indian pandit and yogi, Dipamkara Shrijnana (Atisha), was invited to Tibet to re-establish the Buddhadharma, which had been suppressed and corrupted for almost two centuries. One of Atisha's main accomplishments in Tibet was his writing of the seminal text, A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, in which he extracted the essence of all 84,000 teachings of the Buddha and organized them into a clear, step-like arrangement that makes it easy for any individual practitioner to understand and practice the Dharma. This genre of teachings is known as lam-rim, or steps of the path, and forms an essential part of every school of Tibetan Buddhism. In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives a commentary to not only Atisha's revolutionary work but also to Lines of Experience, a short text written by Lama Tsongkhapa, who was perhaps the greatest of all Tibetan lam-rim authors. In bringing together Atisha, Lama Tsongkhapa and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this book offers readers one of the clearest and most authoritative expositions of the Tibetan Buddhist path ever published, and it is recommended for those at the beginning of the path, the middle and the end. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this book.

Bodhisattva Attitude

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868489
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis Bodhisattva Attitude by : Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Download or read book Bodhisattva Attitude written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises several motivations taught by Lama Zopa Rinpoche called “bodhicitta motivations for life,” intended for us to use first thing every morning to generate the mind of bodhicitta and dedicate our life to numberless sentient beings. The Bodhisattva Attitude is taken from the sutra teachings of the Buddha and is based on verses by the great bodhisattva Shantideva in his Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. The verses are meant to be recited each morning to remind us of how we are going to dedicate our lives to others. We all understand the importance of motivation and attitude and how they affect the quality of our work and the result that can be achieved. Rinpoche particularly emphasizes the need for us to have a very clear direction and purpose for life. The real meaning of our lives is to bring both temporary and ultimate happiness to all sentient beings and to do this we need to achieve enlightenment. Enlightenment depends on first generating bodhicitta and training our minds in the bodhisattva attitude enables us to do that. This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's essential teachings given from 2008 onward. It is the first volume in LYWA's Heart Advice Series. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you and please enjoy this ebook!

Buddhism

Author : Thubten Chodron
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293929
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Buddhism by : Thubten Chodron

Download or read book Buddhism written by Thubten Chodron and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in Paperback! Explore with the Dalai Lama the common ground underlying the diverse traditions of Buddhism. Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In Buddhism, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism—the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Especially deep consideration is given to the foundational Indian traditions and their respective treatment of such central tenets as the four noble truths the practice of meditation the meaning of nirvana enlightenment. The authors seek harmony and greater understanding among Buddhist traditions worldwide, illuminating the rich benefits of respectful dialogue and the many ways that Buddhists of all stripes share a common heritage and common goals.

Generating Bodhicitta

Author : Kyabje Ling Rinpoche
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351184609
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Generating Bodhicitta written by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is never too early to think about one's spiritual development, especially considering how stressful our lives are these days. And according to Buddhism, which is one of the most accessible religions in the world, developing Bodhicitta is the way to developing one's spirituality. Bodhicitta is the essential seed that is required in order to attain Bodhisattva or Buddhahood—the final destination in one's spiritual journey. In this helpful guide, Kyabe Ling Rinpoche highlights the significance of Bodhicitta and talks about how one can go about developing it by learning the correct attitude and actions by throwing light on two key methods of meditation. Another in the series of teaching sessions that took place during the early years of the Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre in New Delhi, Generating Bodhicitta is a useful guide for someone who wants to know more about how to get started on their spiritual journey.

In Praise of Great Compassion

Author : Dalai Lama
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614296839
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Great Compassion written by Dalai Lama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Dalai Lama’s definitive teaching on compassion in this fifth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive Library of Wisdom and Compassion series. In Praise of Great Compassion, the fifth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. While previous volumes focused on our present situation and taking responsibility for creating the causes of happiness, this volume concerns opening our hearts and generating the intention to make our lives meaningful by benefiting others. We are embedded in a universe with other living beings, all of whom have been kind to us in one way or another. More than any other time in human history, we depend on one another to stay alive and flourish. When we look closely, it becomes apparent that we have been the recipient of great kindness. Wanting to repay others’ kindness, we cultivate a positive attitude by contemplating the four immeasurables of love, compassion, empathic joy, and equanimity, and the altruistic intention of bodhicitta. We learn to challenge the self-centered attitude that leads to misery and replace it with a more realistic perspective enabling us to remain emotionally balanced in good and bad times. In this way, all circumstances become favorable to the path to awakening.

Bodhicitta

Author : Blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho (Phu-khaṅ Dge-bśes.)
Publisher : Snow Lion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Bodhicitta written by Blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho (Phu-khaṅ Dge-bśes.) and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 1997 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the classical methods for developing the mind of enlightenment and examines a wide range of obstacles to its development.

Teachings from Tibet

Author : Nicholas Ribush
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868152
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Teachings from Tibet written by Nicholas Ribush and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2005 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) is the collected works of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. The Archive was founded in 1996 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, its spiritual director, to make available in various ways the teachings it contains. This compilation text contains teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, Song Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Geshe Rabten, Gomchen Khampala, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, Gehlek Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta

Author : Anyen Rinpoche
Publisher : Shambhala
ISBN 13 : 1559398876
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Book Synopsis The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta by : Anyen Rinpoche

Download or read book The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta written by Anyen Rinpoche and published by Shambhala. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating look at key aspects of Tibetan Buddhist practice--of interest to many practitioners--is presented in this practical and interesting book. Through demonstrating the interrelationship of the outer inner and secret teachings and a textual analysis of the words of four renowned Dzogchen yogis, it makes clear that the practice of Bodhichitta is a necessary aspect of every practice within Tibetan Buddhism.Unlike other books that present either the teachings of Bodhichitta or the teachings of Dzogchen as their own system of practice, this book presents them not as complementary practices but as a deconstructed inner and outer practices which are fundamentally intertwined. Anyen Rinpoche works to create a new generation of holistic practitioners who value the depth found in the entire spectrum of teachings. While Anyen Rinpoche acknowledges the profundity of the Dzogchen teachings, he dispels the myth that they are an effortless path to liberation and rather shows that they are a progressive path that requires diligence, insight, and the compassionate mind of a Bodhisattva. He presents a style of contemplation that combines Dzogchen meditation on the ultimate view with the generation of Bodhichitta, such as has been taught by Nyingmapa yogis throughout the centuries. This book presents the union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta not only through philosophy and scripture but also through concrete methods for practice.

The Perfect Human Rebirth

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868543
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Human Rebirth written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment teachings given over a four decade period, starting from the early 1970s, and deals with how rare and precious it is to receive not just a human rebirth but a perfect human rebirth, with eight freedoms and ten richnesses, the best possible conditions for practicing Dharma. FPMT Lineage is a series of books of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings on the graduated path to enlightenment (lam-rim). This series will be the most extensive contemporary lam-rim commentary available and comprises the essence of the FPMT’s education program. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book!

The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra

Author : Francis Brassard
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791492532
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra written by Francis Brassard and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahāyāna tradition, bodhicitta. This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism and has been variously translated as "thought of enlightenment" or "desire of enlightenment." Francis Brassard offers a contextual analysis of bodhicitta based on the presuppositions underlying the spiritual practice of the bodhisattva. Since the understanding that emerges involves how one ought to view the process of spiritual transformation, this work contributes to Buddhist psychology and soteriology in particular, and to comparative religions in general. The book surveys the various interpretations of the concept of bodhicitta, analyzes its possible functions in the context of the spiritual path of the aspirant to enlightenment, and discusses an understanding of bodhicitta in the context of the Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra.

Cherishing Others

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
ISBN 13 : 1891868659
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Cherishing Others written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth volume in a new series presenting previously unpublished teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lam-rim course in 1991. In this ebook, Rinpoche emphasizes the benefits of renouncing the self-cherishing mind and cherishing other sentient beings. Rinpoche concludes the Kopan course with advice to students on how to practice Dharma in the West, and lastly, he offers refuge and a teaching on the benefits of taking vows. This series consists of four volumes of lightly edited transcripts that we hope will convey the feeling of being in Nepal for the one-month Kopan course. The first volume is titled Practicing the Unmistaken Path, the second volume is Creating the Causes of Happiness and the third volume is Cutting the Root of Samsara. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book.

Don't Believe Everything You Think

Author : Thubten Chodron
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559393963
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Don't Believe Everything You Think written by Thubten Chodron and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When you’re trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like “While the enemy of your own anger is unsubdued, though you conquer external foes, they will only increase” can seem a little obscure. Thubten Chodron’s illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpo’s revered text, The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, doesn’t just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness to dramatic transformations—making friends with an enemy prisoner-of-war, finding peace after the murder of a loved one—while others tell of smaller lessons, like waiting for something to happen or coping with a minor injury.

No Time to Lose

Author : Pema Chodron
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834821109
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book No Time to Lose written by Pema Chodron and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart examines Shantideva’s The Way of the Bodhisattva, sharing “her ever-approachable and pithy instructions for daily life” for readers of all backgrounds (Parabola) Over the years, Pema Chödrön's books have offered readers an exciting new way of living: developing fearlessness, generosity, and compassion in all aspects of their lives. In this new book, she invites readers to venture further along the path of the “bodhisattva warrior,” explaining in depth how we can awaken the softness of our hearts and develop true confidence amid the challenges of daily living. In No Time to Lose Chödrön reveals the traditional Buddhist teachings that guide her own life: those of The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara), a text written by the eighth-century sage Shantideva. This treasured Buddhist work is remarkably relevant for our times, describing the steps we can take to cultivate courage, caring, and joy—the key to healing ourselves and our troubled world. Chödrön offers us a highly practical and engaging commentary on this essential text, explaining how its profound teachings can be applied to our daily lives. Full of illuminating stories and practical exercises, this fresh and accessible guide shows us that the path of the bodhisattva is open to each and every one of us. Pema Chödrön urges us to embark on this transformative path today, writing, “There is no time to lose—but not to worry, we can do it.”