The Tibetan Book of Everyday Wisdom
Enjoy popular Tibetan collections of advice, fables, and aphorisms for following the way of the wise and avoiding the paths of fools.The Tibetan Book of Everdyay Wisdom: A Thousand Years of Sage Advice presents a genre of Tibetan works known as wise sayings (lekshé). While most Tibetan literature focuses on the Buddhist path, wise sayings literature has traditionally been a centerpiece of secular education in Tibet and in the cultivation of social mores and an honorable way of life. Drawing inspiration from classical Indian literature on human virtue and governance (nitisastra), including the folktales in the Pañcatantra, the authors of these…
Mehr
CHF 41.45
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Newman, Beth (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-61429-513-6
- EAN: 9781614295136
- Produktnummer: 25642320
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 520 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'487 KB
Über den Autor
Beth Newman is a retired professor of Tibetan language and culture and translator of The Tale of the Incomparable Prince. Thupten Jinpa is founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. Trained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, he went on to get a doctorate in philosophy from Cambridge University. He is the primary English-language translator for the Dalai Lama and the author and translator of numerous books, including A Fearless Heart. He currently chairs the Mind and Life Institute and the Compassion Institute.
Bewertungen
Anmelden