The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus - Hardcover

Dalai Lama XIV; Kiely, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0861711149 ISBN 13: 9780861711147

Publisher: Wisdom Pubns, 1996

Synopsis

One of the most important meeting of the minds - the gospels as interpreted by the Dalai Lama. Truly a gift from an unexpected courier.

About this title

About the Author:

Thupten Jinpa Langri was educated in the classical Tibetan monastic academia and received the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharam (equivalent to a doctorate in divinity). Jinpa also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1985, he has been the principal translator to the Dalai Lama, accompanying him to the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has translated and edited many books by the Dalai Lama, including The World of Tibetan Buddhism, Essence of the Heart Sutra, and the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium.

Jinpa has published scholarly articles on various aspects of Tibetan culture, Buddhism, and philosophy, and books such as Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Poems of Awakening and Insight (co-authored) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought. He serves on the advisory board of numerous educational and cultural organizations in North America, Europe, and India. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to translating key Tibetan classics into contemporary languages. He also currently chairs the Mind and Life Institute.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Tibetan

About this edition

• Publisher: Wisdom Pubns
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0861711149
• ISBN 13: 9780861711147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 207