A guide to following the footsteps of the Buddhafor the pilgrim in India and at home. The holy sites of IndiaBodh Gaya, Sarnath, Shravasti, and others became holy because the Buddha blessed them by performing his enlightened activities there. When we become holy through our practice of the Buddhas instructions, then the places we go will be made holy, tooThrough meditation practice, we can realize and capture what the Buddha described as the profundity of the mind, which is completely peaceful, free from elaboration, luminous, and uncompounded.
In this wise, heartfelt, and indispensable guide, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen takes us on a journey through the major holy sites for Buddhist pilgrimage by offering profound teachings related to each of the sacred placesIn Bodh Gaya, the site of the Bodhi tree and the Buddhas enlightenment, we learn of how the Buddha became enlightened and what it means to take refuge in him; we uncover the profundity of emptiness at the site where the Buddha expounded the
Heart Sutra; at the place of the Buddhas passing, we learn that the legacy of his vast teachings came about through his perfection of bodhicittaa core quality we can master, too.
In chapters based on these and other sacred places, we find that the wisdom the Buddha uncovered is available to us all.
The Buddha discovered total satisfaction, the ultimate achievement, and left instructions on how we, too, can achieve the same. We already have this great path; we just have to follow itIn that way, we experience the joy of following the footsteps of the Buddha.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
176 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Wisdom Publications,U.S. |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2025-03-18 |
| ISBN |
9781614299493 |
