{"product_id":"the-heart-of-meditation-discovering-innermost-awareness-paperback","title":"The Heart of Meditation: Discovering Innermost Awareness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDalai Lama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dalai Lama reveals how training the mind in compassion for other beings is directly related to--and a prerequisite for--the very pinnacle of Buddhist meditation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The heart of meditation--the thing that brings it alive--is compassion. This is not an ordinary compassion but one that is developed and expanded in parallel with wisdom that arises through meditation. Without that essential foundation, other practices are pointless. Fortunately, the mind can be trained in compassion, and the mind thus trained is fertile ground for the practice of the Great Completeness (\u003ci\u003eDzogchen\u003c\/i\u003e), which is considered the pinnacle of spiritual practice by many in Tibetan Buddhism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches the Great Completeness simply but thoroughly, using as his reference a visionary poem by the nineteenth-century master Patrul Rinpoche to show that insight can never be separated from compassion. Through practice of the Great Completeness, we can access our innermost awareness and live our lives in a way that acknowledges it and manifests it. The wisdom and compassion that arise from such insight are critical, His Holiness teaches, not only to individual progress in meditation but to our collective progress toward peace in the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHIS HOLINESS THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA is considered the foremost Buddhist leader of our time. The exiled head of the Tibetan people, he is a Nobel Peace Laureate, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, and a remarkable teacher and scholar who has authored over one hundred books. JEFFREY HOPKINS is Founder and President of the UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies. He is Professor Emeritus of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he taught Tibetan Buddhist Studies and Tibetan language for thirty-two years from 1973. He served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English on lecture tours for ten years, 1979-1989, and has translated and edited fifteen books from oral teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has also published numerous translations of important Buddhist texts that represent the diversity of views found in Tibetan Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770712457504,"sku":"9781611804089","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5a30401471ea65c14d89dee985bd479.webp?v=1780377470","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-heart-of-meditation-discovering-innermost-awareness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}