Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku

by Chagdud Tulku

Book Overview

This book is for those who want to change - their hearts, their minds, the world. It is a guide, a manual of simple, accessible, and quietly revolutionary steps that individuals can take to transform... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881847349
• ISBN13: 9781881847342
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Padma Publishing
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The practice of peace

Regularly, I am reminded of the depth and breadth of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's genius. His project, the Bodhisattva Peace Training, is a very good example of this. Lama Shenpen has done the world a genuine service by organizing these teachings into an approachable text, and by keeping the training going for professionals and others interested in helping. Chagdud Tulku not only generated the Peace Training, but also trained lamas such as Lama Shenpen to keep his work going and to help it grow. That is practical genius, motivated by a genuine desire to be helpful. To be quicker: the Bodhisattva Peace Training has real intelligence behind it. It's the real deal, and I believe it can be of real use to people and the planet. Gratitude!

I will re-read this book many times.

When all the huffing and puffing won't make your life the way you would like for it to be, read Change of Heart. It will shake up your thinking about the world and those in it. Change of Heart is an outstanding book consoling readers with knowledge, instruction and inspiration for living a radiant meaningful life. The reader, looking in the rearview mirror of their past, will be able to determine how the unplowed ground of the future will be. Change of Heart is broken down into three parts along with a list of meditations.The compiled teachings takes you on a voyage of discovering areas of yourself you had never been keenly aware of before as you stride toward spiritual freedom. The book outlines a course of instruction called Bodhisattva Peace Training, which is friendly to all faiths. The reader will find help for troubled relationships, family, workplace, community, and/or world problems and situations. Bodhisattva Peace Training "is meant to serve as a mirror with which to examine ourselves". It explains how fear, self-interest and impulse toward self-preservation attracts negative energy. The book continues on to outline and teach you how to make "good heart" the foundation of all your commitments. Statements like "awakening good heart is like finding a precious gem in a mound of filth" and "commitment to free all beings from suffering" are simply teasers for the mound of philosophical information to be had by reading this book. The shared conversations with Rinpoche are unforgettable and chronicles the questions about life and soul proving the more crowded life gets the more insulated people make themselves which leads to a life of boundaries rather than freedoms. As the book points out the choice is ours. It goes one to explain about karma, being in hell, and the hungry ghost realms.I found particularly interesting the four powers of purification which are support, acknowledgment, taking responsibility, not repeating mistakes and purification. The intense and direct conversations about karma are awe inspiring and engaging. As the book states wealth and poverty are a state of mind. When you finish this book you know that something of importance is at stake - you. Change of Heart shows you how to live your life with courageous honesty. I learned a lot from this jewel of clarity and insight and will re-read it many times.Sherry Russell GMSAuthor/reviewerMidwest Book Review

A Simple and Effective Practice for Peace

We don't all have the good fortune (karma) to meet a great Tibetan Buddhist teacher much less receive their teachings. With this book, Lama Shenpen Drolma has provided many of us with that precious opportunity. Here in straight forward terms are the basic principles we all need to understand how we can cultivate peace in our lives and in the world. After reading it front to back, I flip open the book almost daily as a practice for establishing a more contented life. This happiness is not just for me but also for all of the people that I encounter. Try it - you'll be surprised at how quickly you can make this change of heart.

Practical Advice from a Great Lama - A Must Read

Based on the oral teachings of one of the most accomplished teachers to come to the West from Tibet, this book demonstrates the wise teaching style of Chagdud Tulku. Since the book contains many question and answer sessions, the reader is able to see this teacher in action as he zeros in on the questions behind the doubts and confusion of Western students. The path to peace begins with us, with our daily lives and interactions with others. With the guidance provided in this book, it is a path that we can begin today. We should all be deeply grateful that this great wisdom has been made available to us in such an easily accessible form. Book also makes a great gift.

Dialogues brimming with insight & respect

Compiled and edited for contemporary readers by Lama Shenpen Drolma, Change Of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training Of Chagdud Tulku is a collection of teachings and wisdom in Buddhist philosophy and practice conducted by His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, a spiritual leader born in Tibet who came to the United States in 1979 and created centers for the study and practice of Vajrayana Buddhism throughout North and South America, Europe, and Australia, and taught passionately and tirelessly until his passing in November 2002. Dialogues brimming with insight, respect, and the personal responsibility of improving and transforming the self form the core of this powerful and very welcome addition to Buddhist Studies reading lists and reference collections.