The Future of Buddhism

by Sogyal Rinpoche and Sogyal

Book Overview

In this fascinating collection of articles, Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, draws on his experience of twenty-five years of teaching in the West. In The Future of Buddhism, he reflects on some of the vital issues facing Buddhism in the modern world, issues such as adaptation, training, integration and the support of the sangha. He highlights the role of mind in health in The Spiritual Heart of Tibetan Medicine, delving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712615644
• ISBN13: 9780712615648
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Rider
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Little book on big issues

In this little book, Rinpoche considers some of the important issues regarding Buddhism in the western world, discussing questions like how it fits in and how it may change. He also explores the question of how the ancient wisdom may be made more accessible today in order to harness its full power, and how practitioners can be trained and supported.Other topics include the role of the mind in health and healing, training the mind for meditation and practical advice on following the spiritual path in the stressful modern world. His valuable advice provides a way of avoiding misunderstandings and delusions (how to recognize doubt and suspicion for what they are) and how to find confidence and strength every day.The chapter on the spirit of Tibetan medicine is likewise interesting and enlightening. This might be a little book but it deals with big issues of balance and spiritually that will be of great value to everyone on the spiritual path, not only Buddhists. I highly recommend it.