yogic direct reliable cognizers, 27
yokes (yoga), 346n37
About the Authors
THE DALAI LAMA is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and an advocate for compassion and peace throughout the world. He promotes harmony among the world’s religions and engages in dialogue with leading scientists. Ordained as a Buddhist monk when he was a child, he completed the traditional monastic studies and earned his geshe degree (equivalent to a PhD). Renowned for his erudite and open-minded scholarship, his meditative attainments, and his humility, Bhikṣu Tenzin Gyatso says, “I am a simple Buddhist monk.”
BHIKṢUṆĪ THUBTEN CHODRON has been a Buddhist nun since 1977. Growing up in Los Angeles, she graduated with honors in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and did graduate work in education at the University of Southern California. After years studying and teaching Buddhism in Asia, Europe, and the United States, she became the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Washington State. A popular speaker for her practical explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life, she is the author of several books on Buddhism, including Buddhism for Beginners. She is the editor of Khensur Jampa Tegchok’s Insight into Emptiness. For more information, visit sravastiabbey.org and thubtenchodronbooks.org.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935– author. | Thubten Chodron, 1950– author.
Title: Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature / Bhiksu Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Bhiksuni Thubten Chodron.
Description: Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2018. | Series: The library of wisdom and compassion; volume 3 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010703 (print) | LCCN 2018028973 (ebook) | ISBN 9781614295556 (ebook) | ISBN 9781614295365 (hardcover: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Buddhism — Psychology. | Life — Religious aspects — Buddhism. | Happiness — Religious aspects — Buddhism. | Nirvana. | Buddhism — Doctrines.
Classification: LCC BQ4570.P76 (ebook) | LCC BQ4570.P76 B78 2018 (print) | DDC 294.3/420423 — dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010703
ISBN 9781614295365 ebook ISBN 9781614295556
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