| Essence of Tibetan Buddhism
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path and
An Introduction to Tantra
"Meditation is not on the level of the object
but on that of the subject - you are the business of
your meditation.
"Bodhicitta is very practical, I tell you. It’s
like medicine. The self-cherishing thought is like a
nail or a sword in your heart; it always feels uncomfortable.
With bodhicitta, from the moment you begin to open,
you feel incredibly peaceful and you get tremendous
pleasure and inexhaustible energy. Forget about enlightenment
- as soon as you begin to open yourself to others, you
gain tremendous pleasure and satisfaction. Working for
others is very interesting; it’s an infinite activity.
Your life becomes continuously rich and interesting.
"Historically, Shakyamuni Buddha taught the four
noble truths. To whose culture do the four noble truths
belong? The essence of religion has nothing to do with
any one particular country's culture. Compassion, love,
reality - to whose culture do they belong? The people
of any country, any nation, can implement the three
principal aspects of the path, the four noble truths
or the eightfold path. There's no contradiction at all."
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Translations in Foreign Languages
German -- Published along with a translation of Make
Your Mind an Ocean as Grenzenlos ist die Kraft
des Geistes by Diamant
Verlag
Chinese -- Bodhicitta
Culture Enterprise Publishing
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