These engaging interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama are sure to interest non-Buddhists and Buddhists alike His Holiness covers a spectrum of religious and secular concerns in a most candid and stimulating manner. Some of the topics discussed are Psychology, Tantra, Politics , Emptiness, Christianity, Reincarnation, Liberation , Vipasyana, Mantra, Gurus, Protector Deities, Particle Physics.
These interviews were held at the close of annual teachings and initiations in Bodhgaya, India, the place most sacred to Buddhists. .
The Bodhagaya Interview, H.H. Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, $8.95
The 14th Dalai Lama, born Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935 to a peasant family in Northeastern Tibet, was recognized as the reincarnation of the spiritual and temporal leader of his nation at the age of two and officially enthroned on February 22, 1940. He served as the leader of Tibet until 1959, when he and 100,000 followers fled the country following a revolt against the Communist Chinese forces that had occupied Tibet for almost a decade. Since that time, the Dalai Lama has met with world leaders and U. N. officials and traveled the world in a tireless effort to free his country. Although he remains in exile, living in India, he was rewarded for his efforts in 1989, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize. He accepted the award in the name of oppressed people everywhere.
The Dalai Lama, spiritual & political leader of the Tibetan people & a Nobel Peace Laureate, has in the last decade become a global spiritual leader whose message of universal & individual responsibility has won worldwide acclaim.
Professor Jose Ignacio Cabezon is on the faculty of The Ohio State University and has authored several texts on Buddhist philosophy. He lived among Tibetans in India for many years and has served as interpreter for H.H. the Dalai Lama
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Contents: The Bodhgaya Interviews: His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
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Editor's Introduction |
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THE 1981 INTERVIEW: Integration of Christianity and Buddhism; Buddhism and the idea of a creator-God; what does inherent existence mean; does Western physics contradict some Buddhist teachings; space; elementary particles; imagination; existence; images; general advice to practitioners. |
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THE 1982 INTERVIEW: Dealing with an unsympathetic environment; reconciling emptiness with the fact that objects perform functions; compassion and disciplining people who harm others; vipasyana in sutra and tantra; when is ordination appropriate; meditative stabilization; what religion shall one practice - suitability of various religions. |
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THE 1982 INTERVIEW: Buddhism - its essence vs. its cultural form; power of holy places; the inner guru; individuality of consciousness remains at Buddhahood; nuclear disarmament and world peace; wearing monk's robes in the West.
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THE 1983 INTERVIEW: Does Buddha exist apart from our mind; analysis of merit - motivation and object; cessation of concepts and dualistic appearance; why consciousness is not the person; a disciple's attitude toward the guru; efficacy of tantric meditation techniques; relating to non-Buddhist family and friends; flexibility in taking precepts; dharma practice in society vs. retreat; the nature of consciousness; protector deities. |
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THE 1984 INTERVIEW: Guru devotion; the three kinds of suffering; benefits of ordination; emptiness in the schools of Tibetan Buddhism; enhancing a vipasyana practice; investigation into the nature of the mind; significance of the Kalachakra initiation; types of protector deities; Westerners visiting Tibet; karma and poverty; lack of public awareness of the situation in Tibet; heads of lineages; Native Americans compared to Tibetans; Bodhgaya. |
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