Taming the Tiger: Tibetan Teaching for Improving Daily Life
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Book Overview
Taming the tiger of the mind is a necessary step on the path to personal growth and self-mastery. With wit and wisdom, Akong Tulku Rinpoche teaches how to confront and subdue the ceaseless mental chatter within. True peace, he explains, may be achieved through a practical program for cultivating awareness and bringing the spiritual into everyday life. Only then may we find the sort of happiness that also brings happiness to others. The author explores the pitfalls that result from our habits of thought. He discusses such things as motivation and compassion and how one can aspire to right conduct through the practice of mindfulness. An introductory guide to using the key concepts of Tibetan Buddhism in everyday life. Includes a series of practical exercises by which to change our patterns of living and thinking. Practiced consistently, these can provide a basis for self-knowledge, mind therapy, and self-healing. 1967, Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (author of Meditation in Action) founded the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Scotland, the oldest Tibetan Buddhist center in theWest.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0892815698
ISBN13:9780892815692
Release Date:November 1995
Publisher:Inner Traditions International
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Taming the Tiger : Tibetan Teachings on Right Conduct, Mindfulness. and Universal Compassion
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is a wonderfull self help tool, helping you to understand your ego, I am still attempting to learn the meditations. Very well written and easy to understand, I highly recommend it to any one interested in learning more about Tibetan Buddism.
Develop your visualisation practice
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is a great book. What sets it apart from any other dharma book is that it has a program of sequential practical (and potent) exercises, which give the practitioner a thorough basic understanding of how to develop a visualisation practice from the inborn mind of enlightenment (bodhichitta). The program develops step-by-step, as each exercise awakens and strengthens an understanding that is necesssary as a basis for the next exercise. As such the vajrayana can be understood as a natural culmination of mahayana; the one flows naturally from the other. I highly recommend this book, "Taming the Tiger", also as a practical companion and counterpart of other, philosophically more advanced writings, such as "Creation and Completion" (by Jamgon Kongtrul), to anyone who cares to understand what the vajrayana (diamond vehicle) of Tibetan Buddhism is really all about.
Basic yet Complete
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I found this book to be of excellent use for persons who are interested in calming their minds. It is based on tried and tested methods which have been and are still successful to this date.
Taming the Tiger
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I am a new comer to Buddhism, and I found this book informative and easy to understand. Each chapter is clearly written and the concepts are clearly explained. Reading the book was very beneficial.
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