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Title: Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
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| Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway The Buddha Within | | I have had an interest in Buddhism for quite some time and have only recently begun to study and research. It is a daunting, but exciting task. In this time I have read many books on the subject. Some left me so confused I was ready to give up. The Buddha Within was a delight to read......clear, insightful, informative, humorous,but most of all it left me encouraged to continue practicing and studying. This last copy I purchased is for my sister, who has just started being curious about what I'm doing. It is a perfect book for her to start with. I am re-reading it for the second time. A definite must have in your book collection on Buddhism. | | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway Excellent for beginners | | LOVED this book! Packed full of fabulous information, background, and intructional advice. One to read and re-read. | | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway A great introduction to the Buddhist way of life. | I heard about this book in a Revolver magazine article featuring Tommy Lee, it's one of his recommendations (don't let that deter you from it). It's an excellent read for anyone who's ever wanted to learn about Buddhism. If you have real intentions of adopting a spiritual practice, reading this book is a great way to start. It's written in terms that are understandable to young adults of at least slightly above average intelligence. It's incredibly thought provoking, and even mind-blowing at some points. He does throw in some obscure Buddhist terminology, which is a bit excessive, but that doesn't take away from the message he's sending.
If you're going through a tough time or seeking purpose in your life, read this book. | | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway Your perfect first Buddhism book. | I'd add another 5-star for this book.
If you are trying to pick up your first book about Buddhism, I'd enthusiastically recomdend this one.
I've read Thich Nhat Hanh's "The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching" which is another fantastic introduction to Buddhism and it inspired me a lot.
However, "Awakening the Buddha Within" truly shook my world. It's so much more personal and "hands-on."
I love the lama's warmth and sence of humour as well.
Probably it's because of the different teaching styles of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism...
(If you are a proud atheist and just hate any mythtical stuff, Thich Nhat Hanh is the better choice, though)
Lama Surya Das is My teacher now.
As a practicing Buddhist, I will follow his instructions for my life.
Seriously and joyfully.
| | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway "Don't get too close to the page!!!!" | Being a sceptical logically minded person of a catholic upbringing I have recently opened up my mind to new religions and faiths, in order to find the right one for me or to take the best of a few. This is why i bought this book. At first the story of the author drew me in and I began to listen to the lessons that were being tought. However over time I found the book disturbing in the way it led from offering points of view and describing what was believed right by the different buddhist faiths to force feeding the reader with what's right and wrong, and which path is ideally followed.
Overall I was dissapointed with how the book was written but I still learnt alot about the buddhist faith, I just think we should follow our faith in our own way, a non uniformist buddhist way is, i believe, what the future needs. | | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway Product Description | Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.
The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of us are too often like sleeping Buddhas. In Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya Das shows how we can awaken to who we really are in order to lead a more compassionate, enlightened, and balanced life. It illuminates the guidelines and key principles embodied in the noble Eight-Fold Path and the traditional Three Enlightenment Trainings common to all schools of Buddhism:
Wisdom Training: Developing clear vision, insight, and inner understanding -- seeing reality and ourselves as we really are.
Ethics Training: Cultivating virtue, self-discipline, and compassion in what we say and do.
Meditation Training: Practicing mindfulness, concentration, and awareness of the present moment.
With lively stories, meditations, and spiritual practices, Awakening the Buddha Within is an invaluable text for the novice and experienced student of Buddhism alike. | | Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Broadway Amazon.com | | If you dropped the Buddha into a modern metropolis, would he come off sounding like a 16th-century morality play or more like a drive-time disc jockey? Lama Surya Das doesn't spin platters for a living, but he does have a hip delivery that belies his years of sheltered training in Buddhist monasteries. In Awakening the Buddha Within, he borrows a time-tested bestseller format for a 2,500-year-old tradition that comes off as anything but ancient. With the "Five T's of Concentration," the question of "need or greed," and the story of the monk who bares his backside to prove a point, Surya Das invokes a path of wisdom that is as accessible and down-to-earth as a worn pair of loafers. It's not an easy path--it demands thought, effort, and discipline. But Surya Das is there for you, lighting the way to wisdom training, coaxing you into ethics training, and laying out step by step the path of meditation training. And if that's not enough to get you to live in the now, consider these words of the enlightened lama: "You must be present to win." --Brian Bruya |
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