Power of an Open Question The Buddha's Path to Freedom

Name: Power of an Open Question The Buddha's Path to Freedom
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ISBN: 9781590309278

ISBN-10: 1590309278

ISBN-13: 9781590309278

Edition: 2011

Authors: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Dzigar Kongtrul

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After years of searching and trying different spiritual practices, the Buddha reached a powerful conclusion: he saw that everything is impermanent and unpredictable, so there is nothing external to himself that he could rely on; and, at the same time, he saw that trying to attain happiness through denying his basic human existence and essential needs would only lead to fixation and confusion. What was the correct path? He couldn't see it. So he continued to consider and investigate the contradiction. By telling the story of the Buddha's awakening, Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel shows us that by contemplating hard questions, and by not simply rejecting seeming contradictions in his experience, the…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.39" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche is a former teacher at the prestigious Naropa Institute and founder of the spiritual group Mangala Shri Bhuti. He established the mountain retreat center Longchen Jigme Samten Ling in southern Colorado. When not living at his retreat, he travels worldwide teaching and furthering his own education.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Personal Koan



The Middle Way



The Tug of Me: Exploring the Nature of Self and Other



The Buddha and the Hot-Dog Vendor



Two Means of Escape



Knowing Things



No Words for Liberation



The ï¿½Eï¿½ Word



As Big as Our World



Fixing and Healing



Embracing Complexity



With All Our Might



The Activity of Objectification



Unspoken Agreements



The Culture of Truth



Enjoy the Feast



Digesting Experience



The Mark of Non-Creating



The Perfect Teacher



Beyond ï¿½Blindismï¿½ and ï¿½Doubtismï¿½



To Walk by Faith


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