Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781614298977)

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Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva

$24.95
Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Dive deep into perseverance, one of the core practices of the bodhisattvas, with beloved teacher Lama Zopa Rinpoche as a guide.

Awakening depends on fortitude;
because, without fortitude there is no merit,
as there is no movement without wind.
--Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

Perseverance, or virya, is also translated as "energy," "fortitude," or "vigor." One of the six perfections, or paramitas, it is one of the trainings of the bodhisattvas and a deeply necessary quality for the Buddhist path. But it's far from the kind of head-down, stubborn determination the name could imply; instead, it's joyful energy that enables us to practice.

Rinpoche's commentary is structured around the fifth and seventh chapters of the beloved Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by the eighth-century philosopher-poet Shantideva. Interweaving his teaching with Shantideva's verses, Rinpoche elucidates this prerequisite for enlightenment, explaining what it is and how to cultivate it: guard your mind, gather virtue, work for others--and find incredible joy in these things.

"When we have perseverance, we will have no obstacles, which means obstacles to any happiness, especially to ultimate happiness, the freedom from the oceans of samsaric suffering, and most importantly to peerless happiness, the state of the omniscience that is enlightenment."
--Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Author: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
ISBN-10: 1614298971
ISBN-13: 9781614298977
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/23/2024
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.00d
By Lama Zopa Rinpoche
By Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche was one of the most internationally renowned masters of Tibetan Buddhism, working and teaching ceaselessly on almost every continent. He was the spiritual director and cofounder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international network of Buddhist projects, including monasteries in six countries and meditation centers in over thirty; health and nutrition clinics, and clinics specializing in the treatment of leprosy and polio; as well as hospices, schools, publishing activities, and prison outreach projects worldwide. He passed away in 2023.

Gordon McDougall was director of Cham Tse Ling, the FPMT's Hong Kong center, for two years in the 1980s and worked for Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London from 2000 to 2007. He helped develop the Foundation of Buddhist Thought study program and administered it for seven years. Since 2008 he has been editing Lama Zopa Rinpoche's lamrim teachings for Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive's FPMT Lineage series.

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