Product Description

This stimulating book challenges our underlying assumptions about ourselves and the world around us. Only by seeing things as they really are can we become free from the inner source of unhappiness. Are things as solid and real as they appear?; Realise the truth behind appearances; Discover the dream-like nature of our world; Cultivate the wisdom that liberates the mind. By skilfully explaining the dream-like nature of all things, the relationship between our mind and our world, and the extent to which we create our own reality, the author guides us towards a deep and unshakeable happiness.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84979 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Review
"....both excellent and comprehensive". - North American Board for East West Dialogue "An excellent book... for the serious student of Buddhism a better book would be hard to come across". - The Middle Way

Synopsis
This stimulating book challenges our underlying assumptions about ourselves and the world around us. Only by seeing things as they really are can we become free from the inner source of unhappiness. Are things as solid and real as they appear?; Realise the truth behind appearances; Discover the dream-like nature of our world; Cultivate the wisdom that liberates the mind. By skilfully explaining the dream-like nature of all things, the relationship between our mind and our world, and the extent to which we create our own reality, the author guides us towards a deep and unshakeable happiness.

About the Author
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet and is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Since coming to the West in 1977, he has written a series of highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded several hundred Buddhist Centres throughout the world.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, deeply profound
This is an incredible book; profound, stimulating and inspiring to those who wish to understand the world in which they live and put that understanding to practical use. This book contains the essence of Buddhist Wisdom teachings and a beginner may need to read other Buddhist material to fully appreciate the depth and scope of this book, although not at all necessarily. The author is fully competent at presenting the subtlest Buddhist teachings in a format that is surprisingly easy to follow by western readers and I would highly recommend reading other books by him. Happy reading!

no serious student of buddhism should be without this book!
Geshe kelsang , explains with great clarity the perfection of wisdom, the true nature of reality in this splendid commentary to one of the most loved sutra's of all time. if you are new to, or familiar with the idea of "emptiness" geshe will blow your mind when he explain why "form is empty" then he'll blow your mind again when he shows us how "emptiness is form". words can not describe the feeling when he then tells us why "form is not other than emptiness, emptiness is not other than form". a work of truly great understanding and clarity- this book is of immeasurable benefit to all beings begginers and experienced alike. A joy to read!