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 calm the turbulence within each of us. The experience of true peace, he explains, may be achieved through a practical program of 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 begins by exploring the pitfalls that result from our habit of thought. He discusses such concepts as motivation and compassion and how one can aspire to right conduct through the practice of mindfulness. His application of Buddhist principles to our day-to-day affairs will come as a breath of fresh air to anyone seeking the truth about happiness and suffering.
Part two of Taming the Tiger provides a series of practical and potent exercises by which to change out patterns of living and thinking. Practiced consistently, they can provide a basis for self-knowledge, personal growth, and self-healing that will continue to serve you throughout life.
Taming the Tiger: Tibetan Teachings on Right Conduct, Mindfulness, and Universal Compassion; Akong Tulku Rinpoche; Inner Traditions; Paperback; 196 pages; $14.95
Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche is an accomplished meditation master of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhsim. His wisdom, vision and selfless dedication have established Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, inspired the Holy Island Project and started many Samye Dzong and Rokpa centres worldwide. Understanding the challenges of modern times and assisted by practitioners of therapy and medicine, Rinpoche has also developed Tara Rokpa Therapy, now actively practised worldwide. Akong Rinpoche's compassionate activity, focussed through Rokpa International, brings education, healthcare, cultural support and income-generating skills to some of the poorest communities in Asia and Africa.
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CONTENTS: Taming the Tiger
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Introduction
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1
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Editor's Preface
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3
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Acknowledgements
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5
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Taming the Tiger
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7
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Precious Human Birth
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15
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Impermanence
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21
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The Right Motivation
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27
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Facing the Situation
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35
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The Mirror
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41
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Body, Speech and Mind
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47
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Right Conduct
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53
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Compassion
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31
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Mindfulness
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73
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The Exercises
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Introduction
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84
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Timetable
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97
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Posture
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101
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Relaxing
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108
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Feeling
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113
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The Golden Light of Universal Compassion
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117
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Rainbow
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121
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The Mirror
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130
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Friend
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135
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Awakening our Potential
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139
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Progress So Far
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Bringing that Potential to Life
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145
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Expanding and Contracting
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150
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Enemy
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154
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Taking Suffering
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158
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Taking Suffering from Parents and Relatives
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159
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Taking Suffering from Country, Friends and Animals
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161
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Taking Suffering from Enemies
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164
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The Rainbow Sphere
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168
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Universal Compassion
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179
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The Universe Transformed by Compassion
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181
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Afterword
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187
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Biography of the Second Akong Tulku
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189
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Appendix
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192
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