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The World of Tibetan Buddhism

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama,Geshe Thupten Jinpa - editor translator annotation
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Summary

With characteristic humility, His Holiness the Dalai Lama begins this landmark survey of the entire Buddhist path by saying, "I think an overview of Tibetan Buddhism for the purpose of providing a comprehensive framework of the path may prove helpful in deepening your understanding and practice."

In this book the Dalai Lama delivers a presentation that is both concise and profound, accessible and engaging. As listeners explore Tibetan Buddhism more fully than ever before, they will find in His Holiness a great friend and authority.

©1995, Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama; 1995, 2015 Geshe Thupten Jinpa, English translation (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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Profound Teaching

To know the true nature of reality and your mind in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in the words of the Dalai Lama.

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The narration is too fast

This is a buddhist text, therefore I think most people want to listen to this to learn and to contemplate. The narrator is reading it so fast, I found it difficult to think for a second about what I was hearing. There is little pause in the narration. If I could get a refund, then I would be asking for one. What a dissappointment.

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Fascinating overview, including tantra

Fascinating overview of Tibetan Buddhism, including how it fits into the larger Buddhist context, and what distinguishes it, as well as covering different schools of thought within Tibetan Buddhism. It gives a lot of interesting information on tantra/vajrayana practices, which are especially interesting and unique

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One of the best introductions to Tibetan Buddhism

One of the best introductions to Tibetan Buddhism. A must read, over and over, to grasp some of the concepts. But well worth it. Now, I wonder...... hehe

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Needs editing

This would’ve been good had the author stuck to the title of the book and not padded out the book and had dedicated chapters on Buddha and Buddhism is general

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Didn’t get much from it

Interesting to hear this overview of Tibetan Buddhism, but I found that I didn’t get much from this book, either in feeling that I have a clear overview of the subject or in terms of coming away with any useful insights, concepts or techniques.
It seemed to be mainly listing the activities that are done, in relevant order, but missing out on what those activities really are, what their purpose is, and how they fit into the bigger picture and what the purpose of that bigger picture is too.
I still have no idea of the purpose or benefits of anything that was covered in this book.

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