Buddhism, One Teacher, Many Traditions

In Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism--the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia--including a discussion of the four noble truths, the practice of meditation, the meaning of nirvana, and enlightenment.

Wisdom

January 24, 2017