What Makes You Not a BuddhistAn innovative meditation master cuts through common misconceptions about Buddhism, revealing what it truly means to walk the path of the Buddha So you think you’re a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, one of the most creative and innovative lamas teaching today, throws down the gauntlet to the Buddhist world, challenging common misconceptions, stereotypes, and fantasies. In What Makes You Not a Buddhist, Khyentse reviews the four core truths of the tradition, using them as a lens through which readers can examine their everyday lives. With wit and irony, he urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught. Khyentse’s provocative, non-traditional approach to Buddhism will resonate with students of all stripes and anyone eager to bring this ancient religious tradition into their twenty-first-century lives. |
Contents
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1 Fabrication and Impermanence | 7 |
2 Emotion and Pain | 33 |
3 Everything Is Emptiness | 55 |
4 Nirvana Is beyond Concepts | 83 |
Conclusion | 107 |
Postscript on the Translation of Terms | 127 |
Acknowledgments | 129 |
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Back Cover
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