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Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness e-book

Author:

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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Publisher:

Tharpa Publications; Second Edition edition (February 1, 2010)

Pages:

384

ISBN:

0981727778

Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness e-book

by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life's difficulties into valuable spiritual insights.

He is the author of 22 highly acclaimed books that transmit perfectly the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1200 Kadampa Buddhist Centers and groups throughout the world.

Kelsang Gyatso has also translated and/or composed many sadhanas, or prayer booklets, for the practice of many of the . Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness, Tharpa Publications (2000).

Kelsang Gyatso has also translated and/or composed many sadhanas, or prayer booklets, for the practice of many of the Buddhist Tantras. Kay says that NKT-IKBU practitioners practice their tradition exclusively, "eschewing eclecticism. Kelsang Gyatso's "conservative and traditional presentation of Buddhism" is appealing to Westerners who "wish for a meaningful alternative to spiritual pluralism.

Resident in the West since 1977, he is the author of 21 highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1100 Kadampa Buddhist Centres and groups throughout the world.

Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness. While I do like some of the Buddhist teachings on equanimity and loving kindness, I feel that Christianity is still more "accepting" in terms of achieving happiness - in Buddhism, the "only" way to achieve true happiness is to become a Buddha yourself, which makes me question why the author even titled the book that way in the first place.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso reveals practical ways in which we can use this timeless wisdom to find meaning and lasting happiness in our busy modern lives.

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This inspiring book reveals essential methods for developing universal love and compassion, the source of true happiness for both self and others.

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Offering ancient wisdom to those who seek meaning and lasting happiness in their modern lives, this inspiring book explains how to meditate on the eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Geshe Langri Tangpa, the short poem Eight Verses for Training the Mind is newly accompanied by line-by-line commentary that demonstrates its peaceful power, showing how all of life's difficulties can be transformed into valuable spiritual insights. Presented clearly and practically with meditations interspersed throughout, the classic text is given modern, accessible trimmings that will appeal to new Buddhists as well as accomplished scholars.

Quendant

Excellent explanation of the basics. includes beautiful prayers in the Kadampa tradition. I recommend listening to those if you can find a digital copy, they're very easy to learn. Well-thought out.

Opithris

One of the best books I've read...helps you to understand and analyze , body , mind , self ( I ) and outward phenomena in a analytical way ....so a person can achieve self realization and a greater understanding of ultimate truth....emptiness of all phenomenon and lack of are inherent exstance

Nuadazius

There is a beautiful section on "the kindness of others" which truly touched my heart. It is so logical, thinking about all the things you constantly receive from others... but it is laid out in such great detail, and provides a really clear instruction on how to meditate and contemplate the kindness of others, to bring about happiness in your heart. If I just take that one chapter away from this book, and put it into practice, my life would be so much better. And the rest of the book is really interesting too, I like how there are many different meditations in the book, that you can contemplate in your own time. It's a really nice book.

Shomeshet

This is a wonderful commentary on Geshe Langri Tangpa's (1054-1123) "Eight Verses of Training the Mind." With our current human life, we can either keep striving as usual (which leads only to occasional temporary happiness), or keep working diligently but change our intention and learn to cherish all living beings leading to permanent happiness. "All the happiness in the world arises from those wishing others to be happy." -Shantideva (8th century Buddhist master

JOIN

I recently started to meditate and this book is just so amazing. If you haven’t read it then it is a definitely a must!

Phobism

While I don't believe in much of the Buddhist religion (like the afterlife and the belief of being surrounded by many 'Buddhas,'), this book still changed my life. The teachings in it are great for anyone, even an atheist.

Mohn

This book is guaranteed to change your life. As always Geshe Kelsang Gyatso presents Dharma in a very clear, understandable way that even novice practitioners can understand.

This is a well written book with the blue print to make ourselves happy. It is a kick to our wishes to make only ourself happy, we can do this but not in the way we think. Thought provking ideas that when tried seem to help my life and make me happier. We in this world think that external things make us happy, but we seem to really deeply know that it isn't working. I like the poem that has the stages of how to create our own happiness. If everyone read and thought about this book there would be world peace.