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Rating: Summary: The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment: Simplified Review: This is an exceptionally well-organized and simplified exposition of the Buddhist path to enlightenment. Drawing upon the Tibetan tradition represented by the Dalai Lama's The Path to Enlightenment, Khandro Rinpoche re-introduces us to the four reminders: 1) the preciousness (and rarity) of a human birth, 2) the certainty of death, 3) the six realms of existence and the sufferings of each realm; this is particularly detailed and descriptive, and 4) the effects of karma on our continued reincarnations through samsara. In the fifth part, she shows us how to escape from samsara to nirvana through seeking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. She also reveals the beginnering, intermediate, and advanced practicioner's motivation for attaining enlightenment and finishes with a convincing case for dedicating one's life to the Buddhist path through formal monastic vows. Highly recommended for anyone interested in learning about the Buddhist path to enlightenment.
Rating: Summary: An uplifting work embracing the philosophy of self-improveme Review: Featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama, This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings On The Path To Enlightenment by Khandro Rinpoche is a soulful work of insight. The text of This Precious Life informatively examines the "Four Reminders" of Tibetan Buddhist teachings: the preciousness of human birth; the truth of impermanence; the reality of suffering; and the inescapableness of karma. Khandro Rinpoche insightfully explores how all of us have the potential to best enjoy, use, and fulfill the brief years of our short lives. An uplifting work embracing the philosophy of self-improvement and opening one's mind to maximum possibilities, This Precious Life is particularly recommended to the attention of both students and practitioners of Buddhism.
Rating: Summary: Brilliant Review: Khandro Rinpoche is particularly exceptional, exceptional in that she is a female Rinpoche who is both an upbeat, but also very insightful, Tibetan Buddhist teacher. She's very well versed in the English language and understands well our culture. This places her in a unique position to be able to translate Tibetan wisdom with astonishing clarity and legitimacy to all of us readers. She has been traveling Europe and the United States teaching the Tibetan way for over 15 years. It's remarkable.In Tibetan Buddhism, there is a teaching called the Four Reminders. Khandro uses these teachings as the framework for this important work. The 4 reminders include: preciousness of human birth, the truth on impermanence, the reality of suffering, and the inescapability of karma. She uses this book to explain to us just how and why we should and can use our lives to make this world a much more enjoyable place to live. This text also includes contemplative exercises which help us grow to a ripened state in our spiritual lives. A wonderful book. "The Four Reminders, explained here, form the bedrock of Buddhist practice. Khandro Rinpoche has had the benefit of combining religious upbringing and training with modern education, which lends a fresh contemporary clarity to her explanation." - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Rating: Summary: Not simply for beginners and based upon experience Review: This book is not another dry academic tome, adding to an already considerable collection of ngondro teachings. If you've think you've heard everything about karma and the six realms, try this book! Like Gen Lamrimpa and some of Alan Wallace's books, Khandro Rinpoche uses actual experiences of selflessness experienced in meditation in order to re-examine the nature of karma and the six realms. It's one of a few books that tries to actually encapsule how selflessness is discovered in meditation, how we elaborate and distort what we experience, and how this gives rise to the dream-like aspects of life. Then, within this context, that of a meditator, she re-examines what karma, the six realms, and dream-like nature of the world really mean. This book is very clearly written and a joy to read.
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