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Tibetan Buddhist Debate

By Daniel Perdue

Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based on the realizations or insights of the historical Buddha and that it holds that all suffering and even the suffering of death are related to a failure of wisdom. They hold that one is freed by wisdom, by seeing the nature of things. Philosophical debate is part of this effort.

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The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism

Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along the path to enlightenment. Robert Thurman is one such teacher.

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Robert Thurman
2006
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Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas

To Tibetan Buddhists, Mount Kailash is the most magical place on earth, a place where one's prayers are answered instantly.

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Robert Thurman, Tad Wise
2000
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The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti

This book presents the major teachings of Mahāyāna Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form.

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Vimalakirti, Robert Thurman (translator)
2003
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism

Expertly and lucidly surveying the basic varieties and teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned scholar Robert Thurman makes this authentic spiritual tradition available to contemporary Western audiences

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Robert A. F. Thurman
1996
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