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Training in Compassion

Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong

Pocket
Engelsk
Training in Compassion
Training in Compassion
  • Forfatter: Norman Fischer
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 176
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781611800401
  • Utgivelsesår: 2013
  • Bidragsyter: Fischer, Norman
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A prominent Zen teacher offers a “direct, penetrating, and powerful” perspective on a popular mind training practice of Tibetan Buddhism (Rick Hanson, author of Buddha’s Brain)

Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice of working with short phrases (called "slogans") to generate bodhichitta, the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. With roots tracing back to the 900 A.D., the practice has gained more Western adherents over the past two decades, partly due to the influence of American Buddhist teachers like Pema Chödrön. Its effectiveness and accessibility have moved the practice out of its Buddhist context and into the lives of non-Buddhists across the world.

It''s in this spirit that Norman Fischer offers his unique, Zen-based commentary on the Lojong. Though traditionally a practice of Tibetan Buddhism, the power of the Lojong extends to other Buddhist traditions—and even to other spiritual traditions a